In the wake of the trial of John Hinckley, Jr., the U.S. Congress enacted the Insanity Defense Reform Act (IDRA)in 1984. It changed the existing insanity defense, ____________.

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The Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984 eliminated the "volitional" prong of the insanity defense, which pertains to a defendant's ability to control their actions, and retained the "cognitive" prong, which focuses on the defendant's ability to understand the nature and quality of their actions.

In the Wake of the Trial of John Hinckley, Jr