What is the current state of the law on near murder manslaughter?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v Kalsi, 2018 BCSC 777 (CanLII):

R v. Grenier, 2013 BCSC 1894: the offender strangled his disabled victim to death while under the influence of drugs and was sentenced to 10 years. The court accepted that the death was a near murder manslaughter.

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