Question

Which of the following legal defenses was used successfully by Amy Carter, daughter of former President Jimmy Carter, Jerry Rubin and other activists who were charged with trespassing for protesting apartheid on the property of the South African embassy in Washington, D.C.?
A. Necessity
B. Entrapment
C. Insanity
D. Under age

Answer 1

Answer:

Necessity

Explanation:

Necessity, legal defenses are used by someone when they want to prevent themselves from serious harm. It is used in that situation. It is also called a defense of the lesser two evil in which a person has compulsory to choose one. A person who used the defense also raises the necessity to use this defense.  

In this situation, a defendant has to prove some task such as:

• There is a significant threat called imminent danger.  
• Immediate necessity to act
• It can act at any time
• The harm should not be greater from the harm the defendant wants to prevent them-self.  

Thus here Amy Carter's daughter of former president Jimmy Carter has used necessity defense.