Scott Rudy finds out that his girlfriend is cheating on him with his best friend. Scott goes over to his best friend's house and finds his girlfriend and his best friend in a compromising embrace. Scott takes out his gun, and shoots and kills both of them. Scott is arrested and charged with two counts of murder. At his trial Scott claims he was insane at the time of the murder as his defense.
A) Scott's attorney could seek to introduce evidence showing that because of mental or emotional conditions, Scott did not possess the required mens rea for conviction of the crime charged. This is referred to as: diminished ______ defense.
B) competence
C) incompetent
D) capacity
E) incapacity
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