What is the defense of insanity?
It is a defense to a prosecution under any federal statute that, at the time of the commission of the acts constituting the offense, the accused, as a
result of a severe mental disease or defect, was unable to appreciate the nature and quality or the wrongfulness of his acts. Mental disease or defect does not otherwise constitute a defense. The accused has the burden of proving the defense of insanity by clear and convincing evidence.
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