Question

Which legal standard of mental illness is used by present federal law?

a. "didn't know what he was doing or didn't know it was wrong."
b. "could not control his conduct."
c. "lacks substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to control it."
d. "lacks capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct?

Answer 1

The answer is D. Lacks capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his act