Changes in the Insanity Defense Have Included Efforts to

question 43

Multiple Choice

Changes in the insanity defense have included efforts to

• A) shift the burden of proof to the defendant in such cases
• B) abolish the insanity defense
• C) allow for a "guilty by mentally ill" verdict
• D) all of the above

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