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Criminal law 1/5 Amanda Johnson

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3 types of defenses* Alibi Justification -Defendant accepts responsibility but claims what they did was right based on circumstances Excuse -Defendants admit what they did was wrong but claim they were not responsible   show
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Elements of self defense* •Nonaggressor/Unprovoked attack 1.Exception – withdrawal •Necessity 1.Imminence requirement Proportionality Reasonable Belief   show
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justification defenses defendants admit they were responsible for their acts but claim that, under the circumstances, what they did was right   show
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excuse defenses defendants admit what they did was wrong but claim that, under the circumstances, they weren’t responsible for what they did   show
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competency hearings special hearings to determine if defendants who have used the insanity excuse defense are still insane   show
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imperfect defense when a defendant fails in the full defense but is found guilty of a lesser offense   show
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initial aggressor someone who provokes an attack can’t then use force to defend herself against the attack she provoked   show
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Drivers with dangerously high blood pressure who suffer strokes while they’re driving and kill someone while the stroke has incapacitated them is an example of which of the following? voluntarily induced involuntary acts   show
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Most offenses that don’t require a mens rea do include which of the following an attendant circumstances element   show
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The concurrence element means that a criminal intent has to trigger the criminal act   show
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Another term for criminal act is Actus reus   show
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What are the names of the two kinds of cause required to prove causation in “bad result” crimes? factual cause and legal cause   show
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What is the only crime defined in the U.S. Constitution? treason   show
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According to Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), which of the following describes the constitutional right to privacy? a fundamental right   show
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Which of the following rights is guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment? Correct! flag burning as a political protest   show
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Which amendments to the Constitution resulted in the void-for-vagueness doctrine The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments   show
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What name is given to offensive, sexually explicit material that is not protected by the First Amendment? obscenity   show
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Retributionists assume that justice is best served by sending convicted offenders to prison   show
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Proximate cause is a subjective question of fairness that appeals to the jury’s sense of justice   show
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