Massachusetts test | Criminal Responsibility Law

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Card #02: Massachusetts test

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The legal standard supplied to juries.

[VERIFIED FACT] Lack of criminal responsibility exists when mental disease or defect causes a person to lack substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality or wrongfulness of conduct or to conform conduct to law. [Massachusetts model instruction](https://www.mass.gov/info-details/model-jury-instructions-on-homicide-i-criminal-responsibility)