The Durham Rule is a principle used to determine whether the insanity defense used by a person accused of committing a crime is valid or not.
Definitions of legal insanity differ from state to state. There are also several standards for measuring insanity. The first is often called the M'Naghten Rule, which comes from an 1843 case where a man (Daniel M'Naghten) was found not guilty of an attempted assassination of the Prime Minister of Britain because he was insane. The public outrage following M'Naghten's acquittal lead to the creation of the M'Naghten Rule. According to the M'Naghten Rule, a defendant could not be held responsible for his actions if, as a result of his mental disease or defect, he did not know that his act would be wrong or did not understand the nature and quality of his actions. The M'Naghten Rule was used until the 1950's when the Durham test became the new standard (Durham v. United States). In Durham, the court ruled that a person was legally insane if he "would not have committed the criminal act but for the existence of a mental disease or defect." By the 1970's, most courts had adopted the MPC (Modern Penal Code) standard, which was a compromise between M'Naghten and Durham. Today, most states have adopted their own standards based on the MPC.
Majority rule
the past tense of Rule isRuled
A synonym for rule is "regulation" or "guideline."
A rule of the majority is called "majority rule". It is a principle that a decision is made by a vote in which more than half of the members of the group agree.
Lord Durham's Report eventually led to 'responsible' government in the pre-Confederation Province of Canada.
The address of the Durham Branch is: 2545 Durham Dayton Hwy, Durham, 95938 9615
Durham is in Durham County, NC. It's not the only town in Durham County, but it's close.
The address of the Durham Public Library is: 7 Maple Ave., Durham, 06422 2122
Leon Durham's birth name is Durham, Leon.
Yank Durham's birth name is Yancey Durham.
The address of the Durham Historic Museum is: Main St, Durham, NH 03824
The address of the Preservation Durham is: Po Box 25411, Durham, NC 27702-5411
The address of the Durham County Library is: 300 N Roxboro St, Durham, 27701 3414
The address of the Durham County Bookmobile is: 300 N Roxboro St, Durham, 27701 3414
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