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Defence of mental illness see also Diminished responsibility
consequences of acquittal on grounds of	3.8
definition	3.7
Diminished responsibility
availability of in Australia	3.2, 3.15
burden of proof for	3.6, 3.106-3.108
compulsory disclosure of intention to plead	3.96-3.98
definition	3.5-3.6
historical development	3.2
mental illness, distinction from defence of	3.7-3.8, 3.59
relevance of expert evidence to	3.38, 3.41-3.42, 3.57, 3.63
Infanticide	1.1-1.2, 2.6, 3.22-.3.24
Intellectual disability
diminished responsibility and people with an	3.9, 3.50
treatment of prisoners with an	3.110
Manslaughter
discretionary sentence for	2.11
distinction from murder	2.3-2.4
involuntary	2.7
maximum penalty for	2.3, 3.6, 3.111
sentencing options for	3.110
voluntary	2.6

Mentally ill prisoners see also Sentencing
treatment of	3.110, 3.114-3.116
Murder
constructive murder	2.8
definition of	2.3-2.5
discretionary sentence for	2.12-2.13
distinction from manslaughter	2.3-2.4
mandatory sentence for	2.11-2.12
maximum penalty for	2.3, 2.12
Partial defences to murder	1.2, 2.6
Provocation	1.1-1.2, 2.6, 3.16
Sentencing see also Murder, Manslaughter
hospital order as alternative to imprisonment	3.112-3.113
mental impairment as mitigating factor in	3.10, 3.111
protection of community	3.111