The finder of fact (jury) in a criminal trial infers the mens rea in the case from
A) the prosecutor's initial statement to the jury
B) their intuitions about what the defendant might have done
C) evidence in the case of the circumstances of the act and what the defendant did
D) only what the defendant said, and if he or she didn't testify, it can't be determined
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