mental incapacity
Example Sentences
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He cited a report which heard there is ignorance about the disease and incorrect assumptions of mental incapacity.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2023
Despite these decisions, the Alabama courts have refused to recognize Madison’s mental incapacity and overturn his capital sentence.
From Slate • Oct. 2, 2018
There were questions raised about mental incapacity, and it was certainly contemplated that that would be within the realm.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2018
The federal government and many states also shifted the burden of proof to the defense, which raised the bar for lawyers seeking an acquittal based on mental incapacity.
From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2016
Or, conversely: Is lack of sympathy and altruism in general a sign of mental incapacity, of the power of comprehension for another's suffering?
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.
