Diminished responsibility

In criminal law, diminished responsibility (or diminished capacity) is a potential defense by excuse by which defendants argue that although they broke the law, they should not be held fully criminally liable for doing so, as their mental functions were "diminished" or impaired. == Overview == Diminished capacity is a partial defense to charges that require that the defendant act with a particular state of mind.

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