In most U.S. jurisdictions, the insanity defenses excuses criminal liability if, as a result of a qualifying mental disease or defect, a person lacks the substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness/criminality of his or her actions.

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The insanity defense in most U.S. jurisdictions is based on the Model Penal Code standard, which states that a person is not responsible for criminal conduct if, at the time of such conduct, as a result of mental disease or defect, they lack substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality (wrongfulness) of their conduct or to conform their conduct to the requirements of the law.

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