Author Question: Which of the following was NOT a provision of the American Law Institute recommendations regarding ... (Read 226 times)

vinney12 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Which of the following was NOT a provision of the American Law Institute recommendations regarding diminished capacity?

a. A mentally ill criminal may not actually have criminal intent.
b. A mental illness could impair the ability to understand that one's behavior is criminal.
c. Proof of either mens rea or actus rea is sufficient to convict someone of a crime.
d. Mentally ill people who commit crimes may not be responsible for their behavior.

Question 2

If an individual accidentally injures another person, he or she cannot be convicted of a crime because there was no criminal intent, a theoretical concept known legally as

a. mens rea.
b. actus rea.
c. sociopathy.
d. NGRI