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luminitza

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Which of the following is NOT related to the M'Naghten ruling made by an English court more than 150 years ago?
 
  a. It concerns a person's mental state at the time a crime is committed.
 b. It states that individuals are not responsible for criminal behavior if they do not know what they are doing.
  c. It states that individuals are not responsible for their behavior if they don't know that what they are doing is wrong.
  d. It states that an individual should only be held responsible for their cognitive functioning and not their emotional functioning

Question 2

The insanity defense is was originally based on a historic case in England involving a man named
 
  a. Durham.
 b. Addington.
 c. M'Naghten.
  d. Tory.



Jordin Calloway

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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

c



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