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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Aggravating circumstances"”.
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Naujagimio nužudymo traktuotė pagal Lietuvos ir kitų valstybių įstatymus /
… as second-degree murder with mitigating circumstances and regulated in Article 131 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter referred to as the CC of the RL). Infanticide is regulated by the criminal codes of other countries; hence, the Criminal Codes of Finland, …
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The Effects of Gender on Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol Sentencing Disaprities in Pennsylvania
… findings for the effects of the mitigating and aggravating circumstances on the different types of sanctions. The presence of aggravating circumstances was associated with more severe types of sanctions, whereas the presence of mitigating circumstances was associated with less severe sanctions. …
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Pragmatic factors of deontic reasoning
… of deontic reasoning, namely scale of violation, aggravating and mitigating circumstances and power of source. Nine experiments are reported investigating deontic reasoning and judgement revision. Experiment 1 established scale of violation as a modifying factor of a working rule with an …
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A comparative examination of the extent to which the South African and the English legal systems recognize the defence of provocation in homicide cases
On charges of murder or assault, it often appears that the accused's aggression was immediately preceded by provocative behaviour e.g. taunts or insults by the victim which induced anger or rage in the accused and which gave rise to his aggression. The present study aims to address the question …
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Why did they do it? Moral sensibilities, motivating reasons, and degrees of moral blame in culpable homicide
… explain why people commit homicide in certain circumstances. In this sense, these explanations broadly align with “motives” for certain types of homicide. In some cases, such motives might constitute justifications or excuses; in others, aggravating features. The criminal justice system in New …