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Originally Posted by troutman
609.205 MANSLAUGHTER IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
A person who causes the death of another by any of the following means is guilty of manslaughter in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both:
(1) by the persons culpable negligence whereby the person creates an unreasonable risk, and consciously takes chances of causing death or great bodily harm to another; or . . .
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.205
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609/full
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That's a rough one too, though, because their counsel would argue that they didn't create the risk, they merely allowed it to continue to exist. They also did not cause the death, they merely did not prevent it. The actus reus appears not to have been made out, to me, but I am obviously not a criminal lawyer of any sort, much less called to the Minnesota Bar.
Anyway, probably pointless to speculate, might as well just wait and see what they say. It will be interesting though.