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The Defense of Justification in a Criminal Case
The prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this was not self-defense. And that's a distinction between other defenses, like insanity and most jurisdictions. If you raise insanity, it works on your alternate path where the state will prove that the crime occurred but did so while not meeting the definition of being of saying mine at the time.
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