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When she asked them how they plead, they said, "Culpable KUHL'-pah-blay," Spanish for guilty.
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As best I can tell, the most relevant scientific study on this question is Elizabeth Cauffman & Laurence Steinberg, (Im) maturity of Judgment in Adolescence: Why Adolescents May Be Less Culpable than Adults, 18 Behav.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Age and Maturity of Decisionmaking: 2004
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So, for instance, if A shoplifts a candy bar, causing B to have his pay docked by her supervisor C, then I do think A is a little morally culpable for that harm - but a hell of a lot less than C, who acted directly on B, is.
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= Manslaughter = or = Culpable Homicide = (Scotland) is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice -- as homicide after great provocation; signalman who allows a train to pass, and so collide with another in front.
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And as there were some murmurs at this remark; "Culpable, I repeat the word," he continued.
The Fortune of the Rougons ��mile Zola 1871
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Culpable beginnings have found commendable conclusions, and infamous courses pious retractations.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864
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