When lawyers for a woman who was accused of killing a neighbor focused on her mental state upon learning that the neighbor had, himself, raped and murdered her three year-old daughter, they were invoking _____.
A) involuntary commitment
B) incompetence to stand trial
C) diminished capacity
D) least restrictive environment
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