Two types of affirmative defenses are "perfect" and "imperfect" defenses. Explain the difference between a "perfect" and an "imperfect" defense. Provide examples of each. What is one exception to a "perfect" defense?
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Most affirmative defenses are perfect defenses; this means that if they're successful, defendants are acquitted. Evidence that doesn't amount to a perfect defense might amount to an imperfect defense; that is, defendants are guilty of lesser offenses. Self-defense is an example of a perfect defense: When someone kills another person because if they didn't, they would be killed themselves. An example of an imperfect defense includes killing someone when one honestly believes they are in imminent danger but that belief is not objectively reasonable reducing the charge from murder to manslaughter. The exception to a perfect defense is insanity where the defendants are most often confined to a maximum security hospital until they are sane.
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