legal multiple choice Flashcards
1
Q
examination of witnesses process (3)
A
- examination in cheif : questioned by own lawyer
- Cross examination: questioned by other side
- re-examination : requestioned by own side
2
Q
complete defenses (6)
A
- defense of mental illness: still detained in mental institution
- self-defense: proportionable and reasonable force
- Necessity: it was necessary to avoid death or injury
- Dures: NOT murder/ manslauhter by threat or intimidation
- Automatism: involuntary act e.g fit
- Consent NOT murder or previous bodily harm but if the victim consented to the act
3
Q
partial defenses (3)
A
- Substantial impairment by abnormality of mind: mental illness defense to murder
- Excessive self defense : actions disproportionate to the threat
- provocation: provoked by deceased which caused the defendant to lose control(only if deceased committed a serious indictable offense and ordinary person could also have lost control)
4
Q
Non-legal measures
A
victims groups, media, community legal centres e.g legal aid