A jury is convinced by a woman's lawyer that when she killed her husband, she did not understand what she was doing was legally or morally wrong because she suffered from a "mental disease." The lawyer has made a convincing argument she was:

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The best choice is "insane" because the defense argument is based on the defendant suffering from a "mental disease" which prevented her from understanding the nature and consequences of her actions. This defense is commonly known as the insanity defense, and if successful, the defendant is found not guilty by reason of insanity. The other choices (dysfunctional, deviant, and incompetent) are not relevant to the defense's argument.

A Jury Is Convinced by a Woman's Lawyer That When