Sentence examples for adequate provocation from inspiring English sources
Some also said they were helped by the judge's instruction that marital infidelity could be considered an adequate provocation.
Not all cases of killing someone receive equally harsh sentences; a wide variation occurs based on motive and other psychological factors, which do have to be determined in a trial: was it necessity, premeditated, the heat of passion, adequate provocation, etc.? A killing motivated by hatred of an entire group is particularly despicable, and should receive a particularly severe sentence.
We reasoned therefore, that the standard manoeuvre was unlikely to be an adequate provocation for cough headache; coughing induces a particularly marked CSF pressure increase [11 13], with intra-abdominal pressures exceeding 100 cm H2O [14].
For a manslaughter conviction, the jury must find there was "adequate provocation... sufficient to deprive a reasonable person of self-control".
The provocation proved provocative.
GHD was diagnosed by the failure to achieve adequate serum GH levels (10 ng/mL) in two provocation tests (stimulation with insulin, l-dopa, glucagon, arginine, propranolol, and exercise, or clonidine).
Whether such instruments are adequate for patients with neuromuscular disease remains a matter of debate due to their variable ability to maintain lung compliance and provocation of coughing [28].
3.15am BST Provocation on provocation.
