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insanity defense

insanity defense The insanity defense is a legal argument that a person is not criminally responsible for an act if, because of a disease of the mind at the time, they could not understand what they were doing or that it was wrong.

The insanity defense is a legal argument that a person is not criminally responsible for an act if, because of a disease of the mind at the time, they could not understand what they were doing or that it was wrong.

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