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Why is rape considered to be such a serious crime?

To provide a valid consent defense, the consent of the victim must be

A punch to the face hard enough to break Terrell’s nose is an example of what?

Most self-defense statutes require the belief in imminent danger to be honest and

Legal (“proximate”) cause is a subjective question of fairness that appeals to the jury’s sense of

What are some of the reasons that the American Law Institute created the Model Penal Code?​

Under the McNaughtan test of insanity, the defendant is legally insane at the time of the crime if, because of a mental disease or defect, he did not know that what he was doing was wrong or did not know

Status can arise in two ways: (1) it can result from a prior voluntary act or (2)

Vicarious liability can apply to​

Defendants who receive a “not guilty by reason of insanity” verdict are