Identify and explain four justification defenses against a criminal charge
What will be an ideal response?
? The defense of (1) duress assumes that the defendant was forced by another to commit the crime under threat of death or serious injury; (2) Self-defense asserts that the defendant acted in defense of life or property; (3) Necessity argues that the defendant committed the harm to prevent an even greater harm from occurring; and finally (4) entrapment argues that the criminal behavior was induced by a public official.
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