From Dallas Morning News
Key questions in mental competency issue
If a judge approves the Army's request for a mental responsibility evaluation, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's sanity will be evaluated by a board that includes a physician or clinical psychologist. The board must decide four questions:
• Was the gunman suffering from "a severe mental disease or defect" at the time of the crime?
• What is the clinical psychiatric diagnosis?
• Did the mental illness make the accused unable to understand the "wrongfulness of his or her conduct?"
• Does the mental illness prevent the defendant from assisting defense lawyers?
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