The defense of ________ is defined as a defense in which a person, faced with a choice between two courses of action, chooses the lesser of evils, as long as the harm produced is less than the harm that would have occurred without the action.

A. abandonment
B. mistake
C. necessity
D. incompetence


Answer: C

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