The rule that holds that a person is not responsible for a crime if that crime is the result of mental defect, or if, during commission of the crime, the person lacked the capacity to understand that the act was criminally wrong or to conform his or her conduct "to the requirements of the law," is the ________ rule.

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The American Law Institute (ALI) rule includes the criteria that a person is not responsible for criminal conduct if, due to a mental disease or defect, they lack substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality of their conduct or to conform their conduct to the requirements of the law.

The Rule That Holds That a Person Is Not Responsible