Question

________ admit that the action committed by the defendant was wrong and that it violated the criminal law, but claim that the defendant should not be held accountable under the criminal law by virtue of special conditions or circumstances that suggest the defendant is not responsible for his or her deeds. Group of answer choices

Answer 1

Excuse

Step-by-step explanation:

In criminal law, excuse is the defense made by the accused in order to make them become 'an exception' from the criminal laws. When making excuse, the defendant did not denied that he/she did the crimes, they just hope to convince the judge/juries that they have to be excluded.\

For example,

Let's say that you're being charged for murder. One excuse that often brought up by the lawyers is that their clients have some sort of mental illness that made you kill the victim.