diminished responsibility
diminished capacity AmE

It was surely only people of diminished responsibility who found their lives being taken over in this way.

This would be a recipe for the politics of diminished responsibility.

For the law in other criminal jurisdictions, see diminished responsibility.

They call it diminished responsibility and things like that.

Was he suffering from diminished responsibility when he did so?

So many of the soldiers have diminished responsibility, although they are still responsible to some extent for their actions.

He pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility.

This will now allow a plea of diminished responsibility.

The court found diminished responsibility, sentencing him for manslaughter instead of murder.

In a case of manslaughter with diminished responsibility, this is something I am not prepared to assume.

The burden of proof is on the accused to show that she/he was suffering from diminished responsibility.

Or did they get away with a verdict of diminished responsibility ?"

I thought you were claiming diminished responsibility on account of my influence over you.

He had been charged with murder but the jury accepted his defence of diminished responsibility.

The jury rejected his defense of diminished responsibility.

Adolescent recklessness may suggest diminished responsibility to some and a terrible danger to others.

Of the qualified defences to murder in English law, diminished responsibility is the most frequently used.

Mary was convicted of manslaughter due to diminished responsibility.

Somebody used a phrase like "diminished responsibility" and somebody else disagreed.

The second degree case would also include certain cases involving diminished responsibility, provocation or suicide pact.

The defence relied on the claim of diminished responsibility.

Should the qualified defence of diminished responsibility be retained?

Smith admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

But there, still working, although with diminished responsibilities, at the core of the photosynthetic process is chlorophyll.

A young delinquent, a young thug, a bad lot, a person of diminished responsibility.

But Minnesota law does not allow a "diminished capacity" defense.

But his diminished capacity, along with a general lack of equipment, made the project slow going.

"If it's what it looks like, she'll make diminished capacity in a walk."

White's defense was that he suffered diminished capacity as a result of his depression.

An example of a "diminished capacity" might be extremely low intelligence.

People who are most similar to ourselves provide a diminished capacity for self-expansion.

The positions of band officers remained, but in a significantly diminished capacity.

By April 2010 it had restarted operation at diminished capacity.

The damage to the control computer has been repaired as well, though with diminished capacity."

It's to the advantage of the casino to have the gambler with diminished capacity.

It was dangerous for this robot to answer such questions, given its fragile state of mind and diminished capacity.

The unpopular verdict also ultimately led to a change in California state law which ended the diminished capacity defense.

I've never done a criminal case, and I'm no fan of diminished capacity.'

And the remaining three were at diminished capacity.

A confession, and you can go for self-defense and diminished capacity.

We will, in turn, claim diminished capacity, shock, and the emotional trauma of his mother's recent murder.

Jordan dropped the "diminished capacity" defense, instead arguing simple self-defense.

At that point, however, the United States would have a significantly diminished capacity to prevent his aggression.

But where we feel the greatest pressure is in Cologne's diminished capacity to launch major exhibitions.

Diminished capacity is a defense which serves to negate the mental state of "malice".

This higher demand continues today, and the diminished capacity of the oil-services industry is unlikely to expand soon.

This was verified when various sentients staggered out of the place in a diminished capacity.

But he was just an information-conveyor, and at the moment, he felt weak even in that diminished capacity.

The Chimera are still using Angels - but in an increasingly diminished capacity.

Jet carried on in a diminished capacity in the late 1980s.