All persons are capable of committing an offense as herein provided, except those belonging to the classes following:
(A) Children under the age of seven years;
(B) Children over the age of seven years, but under the age of 14 years, in the absence of proof that at the time of committing the act or neglect charged against them they knew its wrongfulness;
(C) Persons who are impaired by reason of mental retardation, mentally ill persons and all persons of unsound mind, including persons temporarily or partially deprived of reason, upon proof that at the time of committing the act charged against them they were involuntarily incapable of knowing its wrongfulness;
(D) Persons who committed the act, or made the omission charged, under an ignorance or mistake of fact which disproves any criminal intent. But ignorance of the law does not excuse from punishment for its violation;
(E) Persons who committed the act charged without being conscious thereof; and
(F) Persons who committed the act, or made the omission charged, while under involuntary subjection to the power of superiors.
(Prior Code, § 5-4-4)