If a Patient Escapes from a Mental Hospital and Commits

question 104

Multiple Choice

If a patient escapes from a mental hospital and commits a murder,according to the M'Naghten rule,will this person be not guilty by reason of insanity?​

• A)The person is not guilty if he/she committed the act without understanding what was happening.
• B)​The person is not guilty only if the crime was so bizarre that a normal person would not have done it.
• C)​Yes. Anyone who was in a mental hospital is insane, by definition.
• D)​No. Anyone capable of escaping is considered to be sane.

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