A new partial defence for the mercy killer: revisiting loss of control
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2014
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Livings, B.
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Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 2014; 65(2):187-204
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Considers how the "loss of control" partial defence to murder introduced by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 ss.54-56 might be available to "mercy killers" and deemed preferable to the plea of diminished responsibility. Examines the reform to the partial defences made by the 2009 Act, including the changes to the diminished responsibility doctrine that have made its availability to mercy killers unclear. Analyses the elements of the loss of control defence
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Copyright 2014 Queen's University Belfast