The Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984 did what?
A)It removed the volitional prong of the ALI rule.
B)It made the Brawner rule the standard for federal cases.
C)It removed the appreciating the nature of the act par of the M'Naghten test.
D)It placed the burden of proof for sanity on the prosecution.

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The Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984 removed the volitional prong (the inability to control one's actions) from the American Law Institute's (ALI) Model Penal Code standard, which had allowed for a broader interpretation of insanity.

The Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984 Did What