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Grandmother's case raises question whether NZ should adopt defence of 'diminished responsibility'

Author: Brenda Midson, Editor, New Zealand Law Journal; Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato
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imageThe judge described a grandmother who was sentenced for murder this week as suffering from severe mental health issues and "carer burnout".from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

In March this year, a Whanganui grandmother, Lorraine Smith, killed her teenage granddaughter, Kalis. Smith pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced this week to 12 years in...

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