NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK CONCERNING DEFENDANTS AND PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES IN LAW AND PRACTICE 88 3.2.8. SERVING THE SENTENCE A person with a psychosocial and/or intellectual disability may be found fully criminally responsible and, if found guilty of a crime, may be punished with imprisonment. In Lithuania, there is no separate imprisonment procedure for persons with disabilities, and there are no special places of deprivation of liberty adapted for this purpose. Pursuant to Article 76 of the Criminal Code, a person who is ‘mentally disturbed’ after committing a criminal act or being sentenced, and as a result of which they are incapable of understanding the nature of their actions or controlling them shall be released from serving the undischarged term of the sentence. In releasing this person from a penalty, the court shall decide whether to impose upon them compulsory medical treatment. In the event of convalescence of this person, they may be ordered to serve the undischarged term of the sentence. In such a case, the period during which the person was undergoing compulsory medical treatment shall be included in the term of a custodial sentence on a day-forday basis. If a person’s mental health worsens while the sentence is already being served, the case regarding the exemption from the sentence and/or the application of compulsory medical treatment is considered by the court of the place of execution of the sentence. The court hearing must be attended by the prosecutor and defence counsel. Circumstances that are of fundamental importance in deciding on the application of compulsory medical measures are determined at the court hearing: an expert's opinion on the mental state of the convicted