Thought of the day
Which is worst?
a.) Cheating on your partner.
b.) Cheating on your partner when drunk (using intoxication as a mitigating factor in your defence).
c.) Deciding that you might want to cheat on your partner and so going and getting drunk and placing yourself in a situation which would most probably result in you cheating on your partner and then doing so (using intoxication as a mitigating factor in your defence).
I'm no lawyer but i believe that people can get reduced sentences for commiting crimes whilst not in a fit mental state (i.e. diminished responsibility for killing someone after they've just killed your friend in front of you or whatever). As such B might hold some water (however im sure you'd get a longer sentence for killing someone whilst drink driving etc). C holds an element of pre-planning but again your "under the influence" so would it be worse than deliberately doing something whilst sober.
I was considering this earlier and have come to my own conclusions i was just wondering what others thought.
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