The Adversary System

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Research and locate a news article describing how a defendant asserts a defense of justification, a procedural defense, or a defense of excuse. 2. Give the facts of the case. 3. Identify and explain the defendant’s justification, procedural defense, or excuse. 4. Which of the four primary elements of a crime is the defendant trying to negate with the justification, procedural defense, or excuse? For example: If a defendant asserts self-defense to a murder charge, then the defendant is attempting to negate the mens rea crime element (the defendant did not form the intent to commit murder because the murder resulted from self-defense). Use proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation on your slides. This presentation requires use of the class textbook with proper APA style for parenthetical citations and reference slide. Reference Neubauer & Fradella. (2018). America’s Courts and the Criminal Justice System, (13th ed.) Cengage.