Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Diminished capacity is a compromise between either finding an individual not guilty by reason of insanity or fully liable.
2. he contemporary trend is to dismiss the original common law rule and recognize a defense based on voluntary intoxication because of the increasing acceptance of alcoholism as a disease.
3. The early common law did not recognize infancy as a defense to criminal prosecution.
4. There is a growing trend for state statutes to permit the criminal prosecution of any juvenile as an adult who is charged with a serious offense.


1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True

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