There are many defenses that can be taken by a victim. There are nine defenses that can be taken. The defense you take depends on the crime that was committed and your role in the incident.
The first defense is infancy. In this defense, you, as the criminal, are too young to be at fault for the crime. The charges will be excuses due to the age of the child. However, if the child is over the age of 8, and the crime is serious enough, they will be sent to a juvenile detention center. The child brain at this age is unable to cope with what is right or wrong, making the child be excused from charges.
Many people have mental illnesses that are not shown until they act out criminally. Insanity is a common defense. Mental illnesses can range widely …show more content…
This is called duress. In this defense, if the threat is harming your life, you have the right to act back to an extent. You are able to act back with less force than what is threatened against you. Keeping in mind that the threat must be life threatening.
Self-defense is the act of defending oneself against a harmful person or situation. Without using deadly force, you are able to do whatever, within reason, to protect oneself or property. One can only defend him or her self until they are able to remove themselves from the situation.
In the necessity defense, the court looks at what happened compared to what may have happened. These acts occur because one feels obligated to correct their act, while only making the situation worse.
The final defense is entrapment. This defense happens when a crime is committed that would not usually be committed due to the submission of a law enforcement officer.
I believe that the father/judge in this video could use the defense of mistake. He could argue that he was upset with his daughter for using the Internet without his permission and he took his anger out on her. He could use the excuse that he went overboard because he does not believe in the use of the
The first defense is infancy. In this defense, you, as the criminal, are too young to be at fault for the crime. The charges will be excuses due to the age of the child. However, if the child is over the age of 8, and the crime is serious enough, they will be sent to a juvenile detention center. The child brain at this age is unable to cope with what is right or wrong, making the child be excused from charges.
Many people have mental illnesses that are not shown until they act out criminally. Insanity is a common defense. Mental illnesses can range widely …show more content…
This is called duress. In this defense, if the threat is harming your life, you have the right to act back to an extent. You are able to act back with less force than what is threatened against you. Keeping in mind that the threat must be life threatening.
Self-defense is the act of defending oneself against a harmful person or situation. Without using deadly force, you are able to do whatever, within reason, to protect oneself or property. One can only defend him or her self until they are able to remove themselves from the situation.
In the necessity defense, the court looks at what happened compared to what may have happened. These acts occur because one feels obligated to correct their act, while only making the situation worse.
The final defense is entrapment. This defense happens when a crime is committed that would not usually be committed due to the submission of a law enforcement officer.
I believe that the father/judge in this video could use the defense of mistake. He could argue that he was upset with his daughter for using the Internet without his permission and he took his anger out on her. He could use the excuse that he went overboard because he does not believe in the use of the