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In much of the UK, men on trial for killing their partner are no longer allowed to use the excuse of provocation. But are judges following the spirit of the law designed to eliminate sexism from the judicial process? (BBC News)

The Central Elections Committee said that Lobkov committed an administrative offense by voting twice and deemed his report "a provocation," but added that the commissioners overseeing that voting station will be reprimanded. (CNN)

Heat of Passion. A phrase used in Criminal Law to describe an intensely emotional state of mind induced by a type of provocation that would cause a reasonable person to act on impulse or without reflection.

A finding that a person who killed another acted in the heat of passion will reduce murder to Manslaughter under certain circumstances. (West's Encyclopedia of American Law)