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criminal responsibility
criminal responsibility Criminal responsibility is the legal question of whether a person can be held answerable for a crime, especially in relation to insanity.
Criminal responsibility is the legal question of whether a person can be held answerable for a crime, especially in relation to insanity. In this historical account, a person who becomes insane after the act may be barred from pleading, trial, judgment, or execution until mentally fit, because they cannot properly take part in their defence.