A court declares that because of a mental illness, an individual is not responsible for his criminal actions (did not know right from wrong). The individual is

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In legal terms, insanity refers specifically to the ability to distinguish between right and wrong at the time of committing a crime. If a court declares that an individual is not responsible for their criminal actions because of a mental illness, it is because they were legally insane at the time of the crime.

A Court Declares That Because of a Mental Illness, an Individual