On Tuesday, a judge found Sarah Ferguson not guilty of second-degree murder, but guilty of first-degree manslaughter, first-degree assault, and first-degree gang assault for her role in a mass beating that left her 19-year-old half-brother Lucas Leonard dead and her 17-year-old half-brother Christopher Leonard severely injured.

Thomas “Tom” Perkins—plutocrat, investor, patriot, businessman, innovator, guy once convicted of involuntary manslaughter for ramming a French guy’s small boat with his $130 million, football field-sized yacht and killing him—is dead at 84, the New York Times reports.

With whom the blame for the poisoned water and subsequent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Flint, Michigan lies is still being determined. But the top investigator on the case says that when all is said and done, government officials could face charges as serious as involuntary manslaughter.

Here are two stories from today's New York Times about law-enforcement priorities and matters of public outrage in New York City. The first is a front-page news story, describing the prosecution of a 22-year-man in Brooklyn who violently kicked a cat and posted a video of the kicking to Facebook:

Police say the man who crashed a stolen truck into a New York City bus, killing the driver and injuring four others was a 22-year-old who had been out partying with his uncle, model and actor Tyson Beckford, earlier that night.

A Czech court has acquitted Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe of manslaughter charges related to the 2010 death of Daniel Nosek, a fan who was pushed off the stage by Blythe during a concert in Prague.

A woman in Washington is being accused of becoming the latest femme fatale to use her lethal weapons literally.

There's nothing worse than the hiccups, except maybe getting shot in the face.

Updated. After a tawdry trial featuring a clothed death photo, a naked death photo, and a slew of unbelievable sad documents illustrating the King of Pop's demise, physician Dr. Conrad Murray has been found guilty the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson.

Big news from the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial/snuff porn festival! Dr. Conrad Murray has abandoned his original defense, that Jacko "accidentally killed himself by self-administering Propofol." It's not clear what Murray's new defense will be.

Five Italian seismologists and a government official are on trial for manslaughter for not predicting a major earthquake that hit a town in April of 2009. Seismologists have sort of a different job in Italy!

"It's now just a matter of timing" before Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's infamous doctor and alleged pill-pusher, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, reports TMZ. The crime is a felony and carries a maximum prison sentence of four years. Dr. Murray is reportedly planning to surrender himself to Los Angeles authorities today. [TMZ]