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DEFENCE DIMINISHED RESPONSIBILITY [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
CONT

... "While we have dismissed his defence of diminished responsibility, we have noted his young age at the relevant time and his impressionability and immaturity, as well as his particular personality traits and the effect that the armed conflict in his home town had upon him. It is these factors which have led us to impose a less severe sentence than the seriousness and cruelty of his crimes would ordinarily require.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure

Spanish

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