In criminal law, diminished responsibility (or diminished capacity) is a potential defense by excuse by which defendants argue that although they broke...

In English law, diminished responsibility is one of the partial defenses that reduce the offense from murder to manslaughter if successful (termed "voluntary"...

(2002), "The defense of diminished capacity is hereby abolished ... there shall be no defense of ... diminished responsibility or irresistible impulse...

findings. A plea of diminished capacity is different from a plea of insanity in that "reason of insanity" is a full defense while "diminished capacity" is merely...

the court to find the accused guilty of voluntary manslaughter: diminished responsibility and suicide pact. The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 creates the...

guilty to murder, but guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. The jury found him guilty of manslaughter, after hearing he had...

freely willed acts. The insanity defense – or its corollary, diminished responsibility (a sort of appeal to the fallacy of the single cause) – can be...

has a partial defence of either provocation or suffering from diminished responsibility. If the partial defences are successful, this does not result...

defendant has a partial defence, such as extreme provocation or diminished responsibility.: [51]–[65]  In cases of involuntary manslaughter, the actus reus...

conviction in this case downgraded to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility in 1999 after he claimed that he had only killed her due to having...

defence of diminished responsibility for notorious child killer Adrian Lim) to testify for Sek in support of his defence of diminished responsibility. Dr Ellard...

defence of provocation, and by introducing the partial defences of diminished responsibility and suicide pact. It further restricted the use of the death penalty...

matter of public policy there shall be no defense of diminished capacity, diminished responsibility, or irresistible impulse in a criminal action...." Murder...

prostitutes. At his trial he pleaded not guilty to murder on grounds of diminished responsibility, but was convicted of murder on a majority verdict. Following...

in which her actions were judged to have been committed under diminished responsibility. She is Britain's youngest female killer and was diagnosed with...

this was not), she successfully pleaded the partial defence of diminished responsibility under s.2 Homicide Act 1957 on the grounds that fresh medical...

intoxication defense is a defense by which a defendant may claim diminished responsibility on the basis of substance intoxication. Where a crime requires...

Mistake Duress Necessity Insanity Automatism Provocation Alibi Diminished responsibility Consent (does not apply when the assault/battery results in ABH...

Napper pleaded guilty to Nickell's manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Napper, who was already detained at high-security Broadmoor Hospital...

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challenge unrelated evidence that the defendant was suffering from diminished responsibility which reduced murder to manslaughter, decreasing the starting...

the condition impaired his mental responsibility and thus qualified him for a defence of diminished responsibility. However, DPP Han argued that Teo was...

of the idea that guilty people may use past victimization to diminish the responsibility for their crimes. When the abuser is the victim of the crime...

edge. In February 1981, the band released their fourth album, Diminished Responsibility which was the final U.K. Subs album to chart in the U.K. In April...

the incident, he stated that Wang qualified for a defence of diminished responsibility against all the three murder charges against him. He diagnosed...

and granted a re-trial to review his sentence on the grounds of diminished responsibility. After the High Court restored Roszaidi's death sentence in his...

maintaining its own security policies. This review was made the personal responsibility of Sir Alan Langlands, who at the time was chief executive of the NHS...

seven) and Logan (aged four). During his trial, Hutchinson claimed diminished responsibility due to alcohol intoxication and mental disorders like the Gulf...

In his trial, Jonaris pled the murder charge with a defence of diminished responsibility, claiming that he was depressed, intoxicated with drugs and heard...

murder, which was later reduced to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility, and served three years in prison after being denied parole. Martin...