LE 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Hate Crime, Irresistible Impulse, Model Penal Code

• School: Quinnipiac University
• Department: Legal Studies
• Course: LE 101
• Professor: Martin, J

Document Summary

Or an accomplish after the act was committed. Principal and accomplice are normally treated the same. Alibi-a reason why you couldn"t have committed the crime. Specific time and specific place and have the ability to prove. Ignorance or mistake- it would negate mens rea. Duress- a defense for a forced act a defense of stock homes syndrome. Necessity example would be to steal because it was necessary for survival. Entrapment-tricking you to commit a crime because of government intervention. Self-defense-use the amount of force that was used against you. Deadly force is not justified to be used to protect property. Stand your ground laws- apply to some states as a defense. The amount of force used it the amount force to repel the force still applies. Infancy-child under the age of 7 cannot have the mental capacity to commit a crime. Unable to form criminal content minors cannot reserve the death penalty.