Prior to Jackson V

Multiple Choice

Prior to Jackson v. Indiana (1972) , all of the following were true about defendants that were deemed to be incompetent, EXCEPT:

A) they could be held in mental institutions indefinitely.
B) about half of them spent the rest of their lives in mental institutions.
C) they stayed in mental asylums no longer than their prison sentence was served.
D) hospital stays often exceeded the sentences that could have been given for their crimes.