Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. A police officer may not use deadly force against a fleeing felon who poses an imminent threat to the police or to the public.
2. The fact that an individual consents to be the victim of a crime constitutes a defense.
3. While an individual is not criminally responsible for self-abuse or for taking his or her own life, those who assist him or her are criminally liable.
4. Justification defenses provide that acts that are ordinarily criminal are justified or carry no criminal liability under certain circumstances.


1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True

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