The Insanity Defense Is Employed in ________ Percent of Capital

question 26

Multiple Choice

The insanity defense is employed in ________ percent of capital cases in the United States.

• A) less than 2
• B) roughly 10-15
• C) 20
• D) 33

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Definitions:

Intentionally Harms

The deliberate infliction of injury or damage to another person or entity.

Helpful

Providing assistance or benefit to others, often by offering support or making tasks easier to accomplish.

Milgram

Refers to a series of social psychology experiments conducted by Stanley Milgram, which measured the willingness of study participants to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts conflicting with their personal conscience.

Obedience

The act of following orders or directions from someone in authority, or adhering to a set of rules or laws.