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The legal argument that a person accused of a crime should not be held responsible for his or her actions because of his or her inability to distinguish between right and wrong.<\/p>\n

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In legal and forensic medicine, the premise that an insane individual who commits a crime is not legally responsible for that act.<\/p>\n

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