A sentencing judge's statement that moral culpability will not usually be reduced in cases involving premeditation and planning overstates the law; planning is not a barrier to a finding of reduced moral culpability under Bugmy, and the focus must be on whether the offender bears the same moral responsibility as a person with a conventional upbringing.
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