What are the various types of defenses to a criminal charge that a defendant might offer in court?
What will be an ideal response?
There are several types of defenses to a criminal charge.
An alibi is when the defendant argues that he or she was somewhere else at the time of the crime, thus making it impossible for him or her to commit the crime.
The justification defense is when the defendant accepts responsibility for the act they are charged with, but argues that the act was right under the circumstances (self-defense).
The excuse defense is when the defendant admits that what they did was wrong but claims that they were not responsible for the crime because of some condition that precluded them from forming criminal intent (insanity, diminished capacity, age, duress, intoxication, and entrapment).
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