Which of the following legal defenses was used successfully by Amy Carter, daughter of former President Jimmy Carter, Jerry Rubi
n 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
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.
The cause of Shay's Rebellion was the government was trying to take away the farmers land which led to all the farmers to rebel against the government.
The schools will have to develop some type of non-stop and non-price rationing device. This is because of the fact that some classes will likely have a shortage of seats while other classes may have a surplus of seats. The school will have make sure there is balancing in setting up the class as the population in each class will be different. This in order to avoid people standing while some will be sitting during lectures.
