# Israeli soldier convicted of Manslaughter in military court

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**Created:** [January 5, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-soldier-convicted-of-manslaughter-in-military-court/776420 "2017-01-05T22:15:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-soldier-convicted-of-manslaughter-in-military-court/776420/41 "2017-01-10T06:20:40Z")

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> [@Gukumatz](#):
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> Does manslaughter carry the same associations in Israel as it does in the US? (I can’t recall if you live or ever lived in the US, **Alessan** , only that I seem to recall that you lived in Israel a few years ago.)

Basically, manslaughter is seen as murder but with some extenuating circumstances. The Hebrew term for it is _Hariga_, or “Killing”, as distinguished from _Retzach_, or “Murder” (and incidentally, it’s the latter word that’s used in the Ten Commandments, not the former).

As an aside, while I’ve lived in Israel most of my life, I spend much of my early childhood in the United States, and a couple more years there as an adult.

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**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-soldier-convicted-of-manslaughter-in-military-court/776420/42 "2017-01-10T07:11:39Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> Basically, manslaughter is seen as murder but with some extenuating circumstances. The Hebrew term for it is _Hariga_, or “Killing”, as distinguished from _Retzach_, or “Murder” (and incidentally, it’s the latter word that’s used in the Ten Commandments, not the former).
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> As an aside, while I’ve lived in Israel most of my life, I spend much of my early childhood in the United States, and a couple more years there as an adult.

Thanks, **Alessan**.

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-soldier-convicted-of-manslaughter-in-military-court/776420/43 "2017-01-10T08:11:03Z")

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Of course, you should take anything I say with a grain of salt - I know more about U.S. criminal law than Israeli criminal law. After all, it’s not like I have any personal experience with the subject, and all the cop shows I watch on TV are American.

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