The objective here is for you to develop an understanding of the legal principles associated with criminal responsibility. Here, you will begin to curate and develop information necessary to form and articulate an evidence-based, legally informed argument as to whether neuroscientific information should have a bearing on criminal responsibility, and, if so, what bearing it should have.

Research the legal principles associated with criminal responsibility and legal excuse.

Research diminished capacity defenses (e.g., "by reason of insanity")

Research the types of conditions that have been allowed under diminished mental capacity (e.g., 'insanity') defenses and those that have not. Examples of such conditions might be things like amnesia, personality disorder, psychosis, etc.

Create a document in which you

• Summarize your understanding of the requirements for legal excuse of criminal responsibility in general
• Summarize the major legal tests of "Insanity" currently in use in the US
• Address the specific conditions typically allowed and not allowed under a defense such as 'Insanity.'
• Provide a bibliography of sources that will help you educate the reader the concepts of criminal responsibility and mental state defenses.