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DOI：
10.1093/jlb/lsv009
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发表时间：
2015-03-27
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Shen FX
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作者：
Jones OD;Schall JD;Shen FX
当我担任美国马萨诸塞州地区法院法官时（1994年至2011年），我有义务向陪审员传授法律知识，包括在刑事案件中确定被告精神状态的法律的框架。刑事犯罪通常涉及被告被指控的行为，加上一个有罪的精神状态，如“意图杀人”或“预谋”。我将给出的指示是上诉法院已经批准的指示，即：
When I served as a US District Court Judge for the District of Massachusetts (from 1994 to 2011), I was obliged to instruct the jurors about the law, including, in a criminal case, the legal framework for determining the defendant's state of mind. Criminal offenses typically involve an act which the defendant was alleged to have done, coupled with a culpable mental state-such as' an intent to kill'or'premeditation'. The instruction I would give was one which had been approved by the appellate courts, namely: