Identify and define the insanity defense rules.
What will be an ideal response?
Key terms and concepts that maybe included in student responses:
? M'Naghten rule-at the time of the crime, the individual was so affected by a disease of the mind that he or she did not know the nature of the act he or she was committing or did not know it was wrong
? Irresistible impulse rule-at a time of the crime, the individual was driven by an irresistible impulse to perform the act or had a diminished capacity to resist performing the act
? Durham rule-the crime was a product of a mental disease or mental defect
? American Law Institute (ALI) rule-at the time of the crime, as a result of mental disease or defect, the person lacked capacity either to appreciate the criminality of the act or to conform his or her conduct to the law
? Insanity Defense Reform Act-at the time of the crime, as a result of mental disease or mental retardation, the person was unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of his or her conduct
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