A defendant who is found not guilty by reason of insanity is almost always:Group of answer choicescommitted to a mental institution.tried again for the same offense.reimbursed by the government for the cost of the trial.set free.

Insanity is a(n) _____ term.  a. legal  b. psychological  c. archaic  d. colloquial

Fitness to plead:is a procedure for exempting people whose limited understanding means they cannot be tried without unfairness or prejudiceis an alternative way to raise insanityis a way of avoiding trial that must be raised before the trialis a defence that can be raised during a trial

In order to make the accused not responsible for his act it must be proven that at the time of committing the prohibited act the defendant, as a result of mental disease or defect, lacked substantial capacity to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law which he has allegedly violated. This pertains to what rule?

There has recently been a big push across North America and Europe for the use of evidence-based practices when treating mental illness. Group of answer choicesTrue False

5Before going to trial, lawyers need to see if your situation is addressed by a right protected in the Constitution.FalseTrue