Which Action Is Not a Reform in Legal Procedures Regarding

question 121

Multiple Choice

Which action is not a reform in legal procedures regarding mental illness?

• A) holding everyone responsible for their actions (even those who meet legal criteria for insanity)
• B) requiring the defendant to prove that she or he was insane at the time of the crime
• C) eliminating the irresistible-impulse criterion from the definition of insanity
• D) allowing verdicts of "guilty but mentally ill"

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