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[[Insanity Defense]]
[[Insanity Defense]]


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[[Infancy Defense]]


[[Diminished Capacity Defense]]
[[Diminished Capacity Defense]]

Revision as of 12:53, 27 October 2010

Under this defense, the lawyer argues that the defendant lacked the capacity to distinguish right from wrong or to understand the likely consequences of his/her actions.

Examples of incapacity include:

Insanity Defense

Infancy Defense

Diminished Capacity Defense


See generally Defenses