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Anajune7

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Pleas such as culpable and mentally disabled, mentally disabled, but neither culpable nor innocent, and guilty, but mentally ill allows ____.
 
  a. jurors to reach a decision that convicts individuals for their crimes, holds them responsible for their acts, and ensures that they are given treatment for their mental illness
  b. a judgment that a defendant has a factual and rational understanding of the proceeding and can rationally consult with counsel about his/her defense
  c. different states and municipalities use different tests of insanity with varying outcomes
 d. mental health professionals to come to a conclusion on what constitutes mental illness

Question 2

The purpose of such new verdicts as guilty, but mentally ill and culpable and mentally disabled is to ____.
 
  a. increase the courts' awareness that mentally ill criminals are not responsible for their actions
  b. reduce the influence of mental health professionals in trials
 c. separate the issue of mental illness from individual responsibility for their actions
 d. eliminate the idea of personal responsibility from the law



blakcmamba

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

c



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