This sense is illustrated in Jesus' appeal "God forgive them, for they know not what they do" (Luke 23 34), which suggests that ignorance is sometimes a condition that negates or tempers culpability, rendering wrongdoers forgivable.
But if a court finds that the pull of the latter is so strong that to resist it would require an act of extreme moral courage, the culpability of the defendant is negated and the defence of excused necessity could be applied.
2 Because culpability for an offense can be negated by proof of an affirmative defense, the Court has held that a ruling that the prosecution did not submit sufficient evidence to rebut an affirmative defense constitutes an acquittal for double jeopardy purposes.
Character theorists argue that culpability is reduced when the actor can negate the inference that his act derived from bad character.
In cases of extreme service-related disorders, the veteran's service may be relevant to the determination of guilt or innocence because the disorder may negate the requisite intent of the crime or mitigate the veteran's culpability".
Driver culpability was not considered and risk estimates might have been higher for culpable drivers.
Moscow denied culpability.
bears any direct culpability.
Culpability comes with conception.
