| − | '''Diminished responsibility''' or '''diminished capacity''' is a defense against criminal charges, which claims that the defendant should not be held criminally liable for their violations of the law, due to their diminished capacity for rational thought at the time the crime was committed. | + | '''Diminished responsibility''' or '''diminished capacity''' is a defense against criminal charges, which claims that the [[defendant]] should not be held criminally liable for their violations of the law, due to their diminished capacity for rational thought at the time the [[crime]] was committed. |