English Dictionary

diminished responsibility

名詞

不可算名詞

(law) A defense by which the defendant argues that, although they broke the law, they should not be held fully criminally liable, as their mental functions were impaired.

日本語の意味

刑事事件において、被告が法を犯したものの、精神状態の障害により完全な刑事責任を問われないことを主張する法理。

The defense team argued diminished responsibility, citing the defendant's severe psychiatric disorder at the time of the offense.

弁護側は、犯行時の被告の重度の精神障害を理由に責任能力の減退を主張した。

意味（1）

(law) A defense by which the defendant argues that, although they broke the law, they should not be held fully criminally liable, as their mental functions were impaired.