• AwesomeLowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months 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?