I bring this up, your honour, because I think it is important to understand the background of the defendant.

法官大人，我之所以提出这一点，是因为我认为了解被告的背景是很重要的。

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In othercases, however, juries may not arrive at the truth because prosecutors do notshare favorable evidence about the defendant with them.

在其他案子里，法官可能没有发现事实，这是因为起诉人并没有向法官出示有利于被告的证据。

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He said: "This was a case of insane automatism - because the sleeping disorder the defendant had suffered from since childhood was' part of him 'and not something that could be cured."

他说：“这是一个无意识行为的精神错乱的案例——因为被告从小患有的睡眠障碍是‘他的一部分’，并且是不可以治愈的。”

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Because the defendant had little or no motive to conceal the account, the court concluded that he was not willful.

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Mr Bennetts said the issue was whether the offence of murder should be reduced to manslaughter either because the defendant lost self-control or was suffering from diminished responsibility.

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Senator John McCain of Arizona agrees, saying it's important that, in his words, we stand by 200 years of legal precedence concerning classified information, because the defendant should have the right to know what evidence is being used.

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