Back Schuldunfähigkeit German Responsabilité diminuée French Imputabilità Italian 責任能力 Japanese 한정책임능력 Korean Ограниченная вменяемость Russian Marfuu'ul qalam Somali 限定刑事責任 Chinese
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In criminal law, diminished responsibility (or diminished capacity) is a potential defense by excuse by which defendants argue that although they broke the law, they should not be held fully criminally liable for doing so, as their mental functions were "diminished" or impaired.