Please read the following pages 462-466 from the text and view the What's Insanity Defense?

Then, discuss the rationale for the insanity defense and the insanity defense rules (M'Naghten Rule, the irresistible impulse test, the Durham standard, the American Law Institute (ALI) Model Penal Code, and Insanity Defense Reform Act).

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