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The Rule That Holds That a Person Is Not Responsible

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The rule that holds that a person is not responsible for a crime if that crime is the result of mental defect, or if, during commission of the crime, the person lacked the capacity to understand that the act was criminally wrong or to conform his or her conduct "to the requirements of the law," is the _____ rule.


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Emancipation

The act of freeing someone from bondage or slavery; best known historically as the emancipation of enslaved individuals in the United States during the Civil War.

Compensated Emancipation

A policy of freeing enslaved people whereby former slave owners were compensated financially for the loss of their slaves.

Rebellious Territories

Regions or areas that resist or defy central authority or governance, often leading to conflict.

Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

An executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862, announcing the future emancipation of all slaves in any state of the Confederate States of America that did not return to Union control.

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