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Given the circumstances (ART Vancouver); Given the circumstances ("Regarding Nguyen's claim that Ball had touched his partner's rear end, the judge agreed with the defence that there was a "form of provocation" in the attack, not in the legal sense but in the everyday use of the term. "In other words, Mr. Nguyen's conduct is not legally excusable, but given the circumstances it is morally understandable to a certain degree", she said in her reasons for judgment." (The Province) ART Vancouver) |
