Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we're looking at a few specific defenses in Criminal Law, which - if used successfully - may exonerate a defendant or reduce their punishment.

In this episode we discuss:

Factual and affirmative defenses
Perfect and imperfect affirmative defenses
The defense of duress
Defenses having to do with the defendant's mental state
Self-defense and defense of others
Analyzing two essay questions from previous California bar exams

Resources:

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(https://lawschooltoolbox.com/episode-406-listen-and-learn-defenses-to-a-crime/)

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406: Listen and Learn -- Defenses to a Crime

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