Question: A defense in which the defendant accepts responsibility for the act but claims what they did was right is called

Answer: Justification

Question: A defense in which the defendant admits the act but claims that, under the circumstances, they aren’t legally responsible is called

Answer: excuse

Question: Circumstances that convince fact finders that defendants don’t deserve the maximum penalty for the crime they’re convicted of are called

Answer: mitigating condition

Question: Most defenses are perfect defenses; if they’re successful, defendants are

Answer: acquitted

Question: Evidence that doesn’t amount to a perfect defense might amount to an imperfect defense; that is, defendants are

Answer: guilty or lesser offenses

Question: The castle exception is an exception to what doctrine?

Answer: the Retreat Doctrine

Question: At the heart of the choice-of-evils defense is the necessity to prevent

Answer: imminent danger

Question: What kind of strike does the law not allow to form the basis of self-defense claims?

Answer: Preemptive

Question: Which of the following cases involves the “New York Subway Vigilante?”

Answer: People v. Goetz (1986)

Question: Defensive force may be used only if the threat or danger is

Answer: Imminent