(Solved): 20 A Person With Epilepsy Was Brought To Trial For Assault. The Lawyer Argues That Her Client Is Not ...
20 A person with epilepsy was brought to trial for assault. The lawyer argues that her client is not a criminal and that the assaults in question were complex partial seizures. She points out that her client takes her medication faithfully but that it does not help. The prosecution lawyer argues that the defendant has a long history of violent assault and must be locked up. Provide a description of complex partial seizures. Are the behaviors displayed by the person with epilepsy? What do you think the judge should do? Defend your position. Respond to two classmates indicating if you agree or disagree with their analysis and why.
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Description of complex partial seizures: Acomplex partial seizureis also known as afocalimpaired awarenessseizureor afocalonset impaired awarenessseizure. This type ofseizurestar