Intellectual disability (IQ of 62) established by fresh neuropsychological evidence engages the first Verdins principle of reduced moral culpability, but where the offending was rationally motivated and premeditated and the offender has an extensive criminal history, the mitigating effect may be limited to a reduction in the non-parole period rather than the head sentence.
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