IS 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Self-Defense, Reasonable Doubt, Castle Doctrine

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Self-defence, necessity and duress: reasonable action in response to external pressures: Self defence = violence, threats of violence from the victim. Duress = threats of serious harm from third parties. Reasonable doubt = acquitted: must have an air of reality to be raised. Thursday, march 8, 2018: self defence has no burden of proof, once it is raised as a defence the crown prosecutor must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused did not act reasonably in self defence. B. the act that constitutes the o ence is committed for the purpose of defending or protecting themselves or the other person from that use or threat of force; and. A. the nature of the force or threat; B. the extent to which the use of force was imminent and whether there were other means available to respond to the potential use of force;

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