When lawyers for Dan White, murderer of two San Francisco government officials, argued that his behavior was partially due to a diet of junk food, which legal concept was being used?
a. involuntary commitment
b. incompetence to stand trial
c. diminished capacity
d. least restrictive environment
Question 2
An attorney says to his client, If we can convince the judge that when you shot your mother, you either did not know it was a criminal thing to do or could not control your behavior because you had a mental disease or defect (other than antisocial conduct), you should be found not guilty by reason of insanity. What legal standard is the attorney describing?
a. Durham standard
b. American Law Institute Model Penal Code
c. M'Naghten Rule
d. irresistible impulse standard
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Frederick Douglass, having escaped from slavery in 1836, attracted large audiences as an antislavery