What are Instances of Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder?

• Sudden Fight in Heat of Passion: A and B engage in a verbal fight, which escalates to a physical brawl without premeditation. A pushes B, who falls and dies from a head injury. This is generally culpable homicide as it was not pre-planned.
• Causing Death by Knowledge (Without Explicit Intent): A knows Z is hiding behind a bush. A convinces B to shoot at the bush to scare someone, knowing it is likely to kill Z. B shoots and kills Z. A is guilty of culpable homicide.
• Negligence/Reckless Endangerment: A factory owner ignores safety regulations despite warnings, causing a machine to malfunction and kill a worker. The lack of direct intent to kill, but with knowledge of extreme danger, constitutes culpable homicide.
• Provocation: A person kills someone immediately after experiencing "grave and sudden" provocation, where the killer loses self-control, provided the provocation was not a deliberate excuse to kill.
• Excessive Force by Public Servant: A public servant exceeds their authority, acting in good faith but causing death without any personal ill-will, while attempting to maintain public order.
• Consent to Risk: A person over 18 consents to take the risk of death, and the offender causes that death (e.g., a high-risk, consensual stunt that goes wrong). 

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