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- Diminished_responsibility_in_English_law abstract "For the law in other criminal jurisdictions, see diminished responsibility.In English law, diminished responsibility is one of the partial defences that reduce the offence from murder to manslaughter if successful (termed "voluntary" manslaughter for these purposes). This allows the judge sentencing discretion, e.g. to impose a hospital order under section 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983 to ensure treatment rather than punishment in appropriate cases. Thus, when the actus reus (Latin for "guilty act") of death is accompanied by an objective or constructive version of mens rea (Latin for "guilty mind"), the subjective evidence that the defendant did intend to kill or cause grievous bodily harm because of a mental incapacity will partially excuse his conduct. The burden of proof is on the defendant to the balance of probabilities. The M'Naghten Rules lack a volitional limb of "irresistible impulse"; diminished responsibility is the volitional mental condition defence in English criminal law.".
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- Diminished_responsibility_in_English_law subject Category:Criminal_defenses.
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- Diminished_responsibility_in_English_law subject Category:Forensic_psychology.
- Diminished_responsibility_in_English_law subject Category:Mental_health_law_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- Diminished_responsibility_in_English_law comment "For the law in other criminal jurisdictions, see diminished responsibility.In English law, diminished responsibility is one of the partial defences that reduce the offence from murder to manslaughter if successful (termed "voluntary" manslaughter for these purposes). This allows the judge sentencing discretion, e.g. to impose a hospital order under section 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983 to ensure treatment rather than punishment in appropriate cases.".
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