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Eric.n.feldman at 05:51, 28 October 2010

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	A person who uses force to defend another person from violence can also be justified and thus not criminally responsible for the use of force. In the ~~United States, the same rules as~~ for self-defense generally apply. Thus, to successfully raise this defense, the defendant must reasonably have believed that the person he assisted had the legal right to use force in his own self-defense. A majority of ~~jurisdictions in~~ the ~~United States permit the use~~ of force to defend any other person. A small number of jurisdictions require that the person the defendant was defending must either be related to the defendant or an employee or employer of the defendant.		A person who uses force to defend another person from violence can also be justified and thus not criminally responsible for the use of force. Please see the discussion at [[Self-Defense]] for a further review of the Defense of Others defense.

	See [[Defenses]]		See [[Defenses]]

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	A person who uses force to defend another person from violence can also be justified and thus not criminally responsible for the use of force. In the United States, the same rules as for self-defense generally apply. Thus, to successfully raise this defense, the defendant must reasonably have believed that the person he assisted had the legal right to use force in his own self-defense. A majority of jurisdictions in the United States permit the use of force to defend any other person. A small number of jurisdictions require that the person the defendant was defending must either be related to the defendant or an employee or employer of the defendant.		A person who uses force to defend another person from violence can also be justified and thus not criminally responsible for the use of force. In the United States, the same rules as for self-defense generally apply. Thus, to successfully raise this defense, the defendant must reasonably have believed that the person he assisted had the legal right to use force in his own self-defense. A majority of jurisdictions in the United States permit the use of force to defend any other person. A small number of jurisdictions require that the person the defendant was defending must either be related to the defendant or an employee or employer of the defendant.

	~~== Defenses ==~~		See [[Defenses]]

	~~'''Table of Contents'''~~

	~~===Procedural Defenses===~~
	* [[Double jeopardy]]
	*[[ Statutory Limitation]]
	*[[ Lack of jurisdiction]]
	* [[Entrapment]]
	* [[~~Procedural defects]]~~
	* [[Motion to suppress]]
	*[[ Immunity and Public Authority]]

	~~===Normal~~ Defenses~~===~~
	* [[Self-Defense]]
	* [[Defense of others]]
	* [[Defense of property]]
	* [[Mental Incapacity]]
	* [[Alibi]]
	* [[Necessity]]
	* [[Duress]]
	* [[Physical Impossibility]]
	* [[Mistake of Law]]
	* [[Mistake of Fact]]
	* [[Mistake of identity]]
	* [[Consent]]
	* [[Lack of intent]]
	* [[Maltreated Women Syndrome]]
	*[[ Intoxication]]
	* [[Criminal act with Sincere Intent]]

Ddemetriou at 13:19, 31 May 2010

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	A person who uses force to defend another person from violence can also be justified and thus not criminally responsible for the use of force. In the United States, the same rules as for self-defense generally apply. Thus, to successfully raise this defense, the defendant must reasonably have believed that the person he assisted had the legal right to use force in his own self-defense. A majority of jurisdictions in the United States permit the use of force to defend any other person. A small number of jurisdictions require that the person the defendant was defending must either be related to the defendant or an employee or employer of the defendant.		A person who uses force to defend another person from violence can also be justified and thus not criminally responsible for the use of force. In the United States, the same rules as for self-defense generally apply. Thus, to successfully raise this defense, the defendant must reasonably have believed that the person he assisted had the legal right to use force in his own self-defense. A majority of jurisdictions in the United States permit the use of force to defend any other person. A small number of jurisdictions require that the person the defendant was defending must either be related to the defendant or an employee or employer of the defendant.

			== Defenses ==

			'''Table of Contents'''

			===Procedural Defenses===
			* [[Double jeopardy]]
			*[[ Statutory Limitation]]
			*[[ Lack of jurisdiction]]
			* [[Entrapment]]
			* [[Procedural defects]]
			* [[Motion to suppress]]
			*[[ Immunity and Public Authority]]

			===Normal Defenses===
			* [[Self-Defense]]
			* [[Defense of others]]
			* [[Defense of property]]
			* [[Mental Incapacity]]
			* [[Alibi]]
			* [[Necessity]]
			* [[Duress]]
			* [[Physical Impossibility]]
			* [[Mistake of Law]]
			* [[Mistake of Fact]]
			* [[Mistake of identity]]
			* [[Consent]]
			* [[Lack of intent]]
			* [[Maltreated Women Syndrome]]
			*[[ Intoxication]]
			* [[Criminal act with Sincere Intent]]

Ddemetriou at 14:59, 7 April 2010

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	A person who uses force to defend another person from violence can also be justified and thus not criminally responsible for the use of force. In ~~certain countries like~~ the United States, the same rules as for self-defense generally apply. Thus, to successfully raise this defense, the defendant must reasonably have believed that the person he assisted had the legal right to use force in his own self-defense. A majority of jurisdictions in the United States permit the use of force to defend any other person. A small number of jurisdictions require that the person the defendant was defending must either be related to the defendant or an employee or employer of the defendant.		A person who uses force to defend another person from violence can also be justified and thus not criminally responsible for the use of force. In the United States, the same rules as for self-defense generally apply. Thus, to successfully raise this defense, the defendant must reasonably have believed that the person he assisted had the legal right to use force in his own self-defense. A majority of jurisdictions in the United States permit the use of force to defend any other person. A small number of jurisdictions require that the person the defendant was defending must either be related to the defendant or an employee or employer of the defendant.

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A person who uses force to defend another person from violence can also be justified and thus not criminally responsible for the use of force. In certain countries like the United States, the same rules as for self-defense generally apply. Thus, to successfully raise this defense, the defendant must reasonably have believed that the person he assisted had the legal right to use force in his own self-defense. A majority of jurisdictions in the United States permit the use of force to defend any other person. A small number of jurisdictions require that the person the defendant was defending must either be related to the defendant or an employee or employer of the defendant.