According to the authors, in cases where the insanity defense has been used successfully, it is most often because:
A) the treatment options seemed necessary for the safety of all.
B) the defence and the prosecution agreed beforehand that it was appropriate.
C) the experts for the defence were more convincing than those for the government.
D) the offence was one that involved irrational violent criminal behavior.
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