☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Diminished Capacity (Detail)

A defense asserting that the defendant's mental impairment prevented them from forming the specific intent required for the charged offense — reducing the degree of the crime.

Category: Legal Psychology
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