In stark contrast, to this author's knowledge, not one state court has previously made a child's intent or purpose (or lack thereof) the linchpin of a decision.
For intent to use condoms, the range was 4 20 (4 = strong lack of intention to use, 12 = neither intent nor lack thereof, and 20 = strong intent).
Some cases involve mentally or emotionally disturbed people who make threats but appear to lack any intent or capacity to cause harm.
Strauss is adamant, though, that England will not falter for lack of intent or determination – despite the demands of their Ashes winter, and the Test series success against Australia, that might conceivably have compromised their World Cup preparations.
While acknowledging the "tragic loss" for Mr. Liu's family, Mr. Knapp said the sentence was too harsh in light of his client's "relatively minor role and his lack of intent or any idea that a death would occur".
The military judge in that case did not let Manning or her lawyer argue her intent, the lack of damage to the US, overclassification of the cables or the benefits of the leaks... until she was already found guilty.
I believe it is better to come forward with the truth now than continue protecting the genuine culprit, regardless of his lack of mal intent or my affection for him.
However, something alarming happened in the gallery that took the wind out of the Justices' discussion implying a lack of negative intent or "animus" as motivating the denial of same-sex marriage rights.
Additionally, estimation of the T-HANs' effectiveness could have been biased because few travelers read the T-HAN, possibly because of lack of time, intent, or ability to read it (because the T-HAN was not tested with lower literacy audiences).
