The rule that holds that a person is not responsible for a crime if that crime is the result of mental defect, or if, during commission of the crime, the person lacked the capacity to understand that the act was criminally wrong or to conform his or her conduct "to the requirements of the law," is the ________ rule.
A. M'Naghten
B. irresistible impulse
C. Durham
D. American Law Institute (ALI)
Answer: D
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