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16. If the teenager is charged with manslaughter, her best defense would be that she
A teenager's high school teacher told her that she was going to receive a failing grade in history, which would prevent her from graduating. Furious, she reported to the principal that the teacher had fondled her, and the teacher was fired. A year later, still unable to get work because of the scandal, the teacher committed suicide. The teenager, remorseful, confessed that her accusation had been false.
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B is incorrect. A charge of manslaughter does not require proof of intent to kill.
C is incorrect. A charge of manslaughter does not require proof of malice, either. Manslaughter is generally defined as causing the death of another without malice aforethought. The teenager's lack of intent to kill and her lack of malice are not defenses to a manslaughter charge.
D is incorrect. Acting under extreme emotional distress generally is not a defense to a manslaughter charge. Unless the teenager could show that she was legally insane, emotional distress may be insufficient to raise a valid defense. The fact that the teacher killed herself and the teenager did not proximately cause that death is the teenager's best defense to the charge of manslaughter.