The Defenses of Excuse Are Those in Which a Defendant

question 53

True/False

The defenses of excuse are those in which a defendant admits to having committed a criminally proscribed actusreus, and did so with mens rea, but asserts that circumstances surrounding the act render it justifiable under the law.

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