CRIMINAL INSANITY
\kɹˈɪmɪnə͡l ɪnsˈanɪti], \kɹˈɪmɪnəl ɪnsˈanɪti], \k_ɹ_ˈɪ_m_ɪ_n_əl ɪ_n_s_ˈa_n_ɪ_t_i]\
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A mental defect or disease that makes it impossible for a person to understand the wrongfulness of his acts or, even if he understands them, to ditinguish right from wrong. Defendants who are criminally insane cannot be convicted of a crime, since criminal conduct involves the conscious intent to do wrong -- a choice that the criminally insane cannot meaningfully make. See also irresistible impulse; McNaghten Rule.
By Oddity Software
