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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Capper admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility .
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He's denied murdering Elizabeth Howe, but has admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility .
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He pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility .
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It was surely only people of diminished responsibility who found their lives being taken over in this way.
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Ryman, of Spalding, Lincs, admitted manslaughter with diminished responsibility and was jailed for five years.
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The 1977 Homicide Act introduced the notion of diminished responsibility , which reduces a charge of murder to manslaughter.
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This will now allow a plea of diminished responsibility .