• AwesomeLowlander
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    4 days ago

    Thanks, that’s the first I’ve heard of this legal concept.

    It may be … sufficient to justify an acquittal, a mitigated sentence or a conviction for a lesser charge. … In extremely rare cases, adequate provocation has resulted in the defendant never being charged with a crime. In one famous example

    Though in this case, doesn’t throwing a drink at somebody in itself constitute an offense of some sort? Could both parties not be prosecuted? I suppose AG bias might come into play then?

    • @theangryseal
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      44 days ago

      What’s the famous exaaaaammmmmpppple?!

      :p

    • @[email protected]
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      If he hadn’t assaulted her he might have been able to make her pay his dry cleaning bill.

      You can stop pretending to be a JAQing off American, btw. You outed yourself to all the native speakers.

      • AwesomeLowlander
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        14 days ago

        I live in Norway, who’s pretending? Not my fault if you make assumptions.

        If he hadn’t assaulted her he might have been able to make her pay his dry cleaning bill.

        Yes? I don’t quite get the hostility. I’m curious about the legalities, nothing more.

          • AwesomeLowlander
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            24 days ago

            I honestly have no idea what you’re trying to say. I appreciated your 1st explanation. The rest, IDK what’s up with it.