Author Question: ________ are a category of legal defenses in which a defendant claims that some personal condition ... (Read 18 times)

torybrooks · **on:** Aug 17, 2018

________ are a category of legal defenses in which a defendant claims that some personal condition or circumstance at the time of the act was such that he or she should not be held accountable under the criminal law.

A) Excuses
B) Justifications
C) Exceptions
D) Alibis

Question 2

Bob is charged with a crime and defends himself by arguing that he only committed the crime to avoid some greater evil. Bob is defending himself with a(n):

A) alibi.
B) justification.
C) exception.
D) excuse.