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on: Jun 22, 2018
In the American legal system, the concept of diminished capacity is used to
 
  a. keep mentally ill people from being discharged from mental hospitals.
 b. assess the responsibility of people with mental illness.
 c. evaluate the effects of medical treatments for schizophrenia.
 d. determine the intelligence level of an individual accused of criminal behavior.

Question 2

According to the text, the legal concept of mens rea generally refers to
 
  a. a guilty mind..
 b. criminal intent.
 c. one's mental state.
  d. all of the above


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

d


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