The problem with the Durham Rule as a substitute for the M'Naghten test was:
a. elevated the role of the psychiatrist at trial
b. the term "mental disease and defect" was too broad
c. the role of the jury in judging defendant's mens rea was reduced
d. all of the above
D
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