Sentence examples for culpable less from inspiring English sources

That's important for all criminals, but particularly for children who are less culpable, less responsible, and have a more rapid potential for change than adults.

It appears nowhere in the text--as well it should not, since the whole purpose of the Guidelines is to take out of the hands of individual judges determinations as to what is "more culpable" and "less culpable". The definition of "otherwise used" in the Guidelines merely says that it means "more than" brandishing and less than firing.

"Statutes like ours, which distinguish deliberate and premeditated murder from other murder, reflect a belief that one who meditates an intent to kill and then deliberately executes it is more dangerous, more culpable or less capable of reformation than one who kills on sudden impulse; or that the prospect of the death penalty is more likely to deter men from deliberate than from impulsive murder.

When you stop thinking in terms or "I" and start thinking "we" things can change dramatically.Is that because people feel less culpable if the culpability is spread?There is a diffusion of responsibility, yes.

"Ms. Wang, you are not less culpable.

Make it "as culpable as or less culpable than" — or, better still, rephrase.

Was prearranged murder less culpable than spontaneous murder?

Finally, women are often less culpable when they commit crime.

The jury was swayed and ultimately returned a verdict for less culpable charges.

Dr. Cushman observed that we generally hold individuals less culpable when their actions are involuntary.

Fidelity, while less culpable, also took plan assets in violation of its fiduciary duty".