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The Court was exceedingly clear in its conception of moral involuntariness and its rejection of the notion of moral blameworthiness as the principle underlying criminal law defences.

Emotions and the veil of voluntarism: the loss of judgment in Canadian criminal defences

The prevailing understanding of the tort of negligence is that notions of moral blameworthiness furnish the philosophical foundation for liability.

The spurious relationship between moral blameworthiness and liability for negligence

offense conduct, blameworthiness, and dangerousness: one sentenced to a

The American Execution Queue

Sentences can depend not only or even primarily on guilt or on blameworthiness, but on willingness to cut a deal.

SMALL CRIMES, BIG INJUSTICES

The moral blameworthiness of the offender is a fundamental consideration and the Aboriginal heritage of an offender often has a direct and substantial impact on their moral culpability for the offence.

IPEELEE AND THE DUTY TO RESIST

Though the Miller court was specifically referring to juvenile life without the possibility of parole sentencing, a central principle of the Court's reasoning was that issues pertaining to brain development, even though not giving rise to a mental illness or insanity defense, should be factored into the determination about an offender's moral blameworthiness and, thus, sentencing.

REDUCED CULPABILITY WITHOUT REDUCED PUNISHMENT: A CASE FOR WHY LEAD POISONING SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A MITIGATING FACTOR IN CRIMINAL SENTENCING

(11) Appellate opinions are, not surprisingly, rarely read by government officers and, even when their substance is communicated to officers, they only comprise one of many factors that affect the blameworthiness of an officer.

QUALIFIED IMMUNITY AND FAULT

the offender's blameworthiness and consider sentencing alternatives

Change in Paradigm or Change in Paradox? Gladue Report Practices and Access to Justice

(58) As the harm was primarily economic, moral blameworthiness was not a prominent factor.

THE ECONOMIC LOSS DOCTRINE IN ALASKA AND THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL EXCEPTION

The system should not punish offenders more severely than can be justified by their blameworthiness or the gravity of their offenses, relative to the severity of punishments justly imposed on others for the same and other offenses.

Sentencing fragments: penal reform in America, 1975-2025

When sentencing a juvenile first degree murder offender, blameworthiness, gravity of the offense, harm to the victim, offender rehabilitation and regeneration, deterrence, and incapacitation should all be considered.

Instilling hope: Suggested legislative reform for Missouri regarding juvenile sentencing pursuant to Supreme Court decisions in Miller and Montgomery