Manslaughter is a serious offence given that it involves the death of another. However, the circumstances of such an offence play a huge part into how the sentencing for the offence is handled.
The sentencing range is from just 1 year up to 24 years. The option of a life sentence is available to the courts if the offence was committed after 03/12/2012 and it was the accused second offence of this nature.
Since 28/06/2022 if the offence was against an emergency service worker who was on duty and working in such a capacity then the court must impose a life sentence unless the court are of the opinion that there are exceptional circumstances which relate to the offence or the offender and they can justify not passing the life sentence.