NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK CONCERNING DEFENDANTS AND PERSONS DEPRIVED
OF LIBERTY WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES IN LAW AND PRACTICE
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law was committed by that particular person; c) whether
the person who committed the act prohibited by the
criminal law has suffered from mental health conditions
in the past, the severity and nature of those at the time
when the offense was committed, during the pre-trial
investigation, court proceedings or after the imposition
of the sentence; d) what is the behaviour of the person
who committed the act prohibited by the criminal law
both before and after the commission of the act; d)
the nature and extent of the damage caused by an act
prohibited by criminal law.74
The court must determine two criteria in determining the
criminal legal incapacity of a person in each individual
case: legal (psychological) and medical (biological).
The absence of at least one of these two criteria
precludes a person from being considered not criminally
responsible.75 For example, a person may have a mental
health condition (such as depression or bipolar diagnosis),
but in the absence of a legal criterion – an inability
to understand and control one’s actions – there is no
basis for declaring a person fully incapable to be found
criminally responsible.
Article 395 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of
Lithuania.
75 Resolution of the Supreme Court of Lithuania of 10 October 2012 in
criminal case No 2K-417.
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