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Canada’s Supreme Court has axed a 1995 law that made such a defense illegal Defendants accused of violent crimes like murder and sexual assault may use self-induced extreme intoxication – known as “non-mental disorder automatism” – as a defense in a criminal court, Canada’s Supreme Court decided on Friday. The court has ruled that a 1995 law that prohibited such a type of defense went against Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. “Its impact on the principles of fundamental justice is disproportionate to its overarching public benefits. It should therefore be declared unconstitutional and of no force or effect,

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