☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Insanity Defense

A defense asserting that the defendant was suffering from a severe mental disease or defect at the time of the crime — preventing them from knowing the nature of their act or that it was wrong (M'Naghten rule).

Category: Criminal Law · Source: M'Naghten's Case, 8 Eng. Rep. 718 (1843)
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