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After reading the information below, select which legal defe…

Posted byAnonymous January 7, 2025

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After reаding the infоrmаtiоn belоw, select which legаl defense for criminal responsibility would likely be used? A mother of five drowns her children in the family bathtub. She had a history of severe mental illness, including postpartum depression and psychosis. She had been hospitalized multiple times and had been prescribed antipsychotic medications. The defense team argued that she was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis at the time of the killings and that she believed she was saving her children from eternal damnation. Expert witnesses testified that she was experiencing delusions and was unable to distinguish right from wrong.  

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