Assertion: defendant | /r/CapableOf | commit criminal act
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Source sentences:
text: The goal of presenting character evidence about the victim may be to make more plausible a claim of self-defense, or in the hope of accomplishing jury nullification in which a jury acquits a guilty defendant despite its belief that the defendant committed a criminal act.
text: That means the defendant committed the criminal act but cannot be found guilty or criminally punished due to the person’s mental condition or status at the time the crime was committed.