Abnormal Mental State Mitigations of Murder – The U.S. Perspective

This paper examines the U.S. doctrines that allow an offender's abnormal mental state to reduce murder to manslaughter. First, the modern doctrine of extreme emotional disturbance, as in Model Penal Code Section 210.3(1)(b), mitigates to manslaughter what otherwise would be murder when the kill...

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Main Author: Robinson, Paul H (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 2010
In:Year: 2010
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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