What is the M'Naghten rule?

What will be an ideal response?


The rule that held that individuals who are insane, unable to distinguish between right and wrong, cannot be held responsible for their actions

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Which is not an essence of homeland security:

a. consequences of an attack. b. prep for attack. c. response to it. d. untold casualties.

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Criminal justice and social science data increasingly do not fit the idea of a straight line through a scatter plot of points

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Which sanction requires an offender to pay money to the victim, the victim’s family, or a crime victim’s fund in response to a crime committed?

A. day fines B. community service C. restitution D. forfeiture

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Poor laws requiring poor and dependent children to serve apprenticeships were popular in England but never gained momentum in the American colonies

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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