You Are a Public Defender Who Has to Represent Many

question 17

Essay

You are a public defender who has to represent many different kinds of clients at any different time.Sometimes you prefer to use excuse defenses,and sometimes you choose to use justification defenses.Explain the distinction between excuse defenses and justification defenses,giving at least one example of each.

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Definitions:

Buffalo Bill

William Frederick Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman who founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.

Sitting Bull

A notable Hunkpapa Lakota leader who played a key role in the resistance against the United States government policies towards the Native American tribes.

Vigilantism

The act of taking law enforcement into one's own hands, often in response to perceived inadequacies in the legal justice system.

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