Efforts to abolish the insanity defense by passing state laws have
A) proven unworkable because federal courts have found the laws unconstitutional
B) not apparently changed the beliefs of judges and lawyers that mentally ill offenders should be treated differently than ordinary criminal offenders
C) have been highly successful in drastically increasing the number of defendants held criminally liable
D) failed because psychiatric testimony about mental illness may not be allowed under an insanity defense but will be admitted to show mental illness under a mens rea defense

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Judges and lawyers generally maintain the belief that mentally ill offenders should be treated differently, which has influenced the continued use of the insanity defense despite efforts to abolish it.

Efforts to Abolish the Insanity Defense by Passing State Laws