In a landmark 1972 decision known as ______, a federal court ruled that mentally ill individuals needed to display both a need for treatment and a danger to self or others to be committed.
a. Kansas v. Hendricks
b. Lessard v. Schmidt
c. Roper v. Simpson
d. Jackson v. Hobbs
Ans: B
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5 3 2 1
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