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FButt

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Under which condition below will a person who has been shown to commit a crime be held for treatment rather than punishment?
 
  a. If that person is judged not guilty by reason of insanity.
  b. If that person receives a guilty but mentally ill verdict.
  c. both of the above
  d. neither of the above

Question 2

The famous Hinckley case (regarding the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan) resulted in
 
  a. more states placing the burden of proving the defendant's insanity on the defense, rather than requiring the prosecution to prove the defendant's sanity.
  b. the removal of the verdict Guilty but Mentally Ill from many state and federal statutes.
  c. a return to the ALI standard for criminal insanity.
  d. none of the above



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A



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