Concepts of Criminal Law

William Elf August 17, 2013 The Choice of Evil Defense is also called the General Defense of Necessity. This defense justifies an act that may be a crime but Is d star to prevent a greater evil. the choice of veils defense consists of proving that the defendant made the right choice, the lonesome(prenominal) choice?namely, the necessity of choosing now to do a lesser evil to avoid a greater evil (Samara, 2014).The Model Penal Code contains the elements in three steps 1) Identify the evils. 2) Rank the evils that are present. 3) Choose the evil that would be the best and that something is going to happen immediately. The choice of veils defense says it is better to bless a lesser crime to avoid the harm a greater crime would cause. An example of this would be if your neighbors cable car was burning in a place lot and you saw it was on fire and sitting next to the neighbors car was a car that had three children In It.No one was In your neighbors car so no one was In harms way but t here was no adult in the car with the kids. In order to protect the kids, you went over and Jumped In the car and moved the car further away from the fire. The mother came out and saw that her car was not in the spot she parked it and called the police. The police charged you with stealing the vehicle and kidnapping of the three kids. At trial you presented the choice of evil defense stating that you had to move the car with the children in It to prevent them from burning up in the fire caused by the neighbors car.If you wouldnt have moved the car to a safe place, the children would have been seriously injured or killed. In this scenario the Judge should stand the defense of the choice of evil because if he wouldnt have moved the car when he did, the kids would have been severely hurt or killed immediately. He didnt have white-tailed sea eagle to go try to find the mother of the kids so she could move the car herself. Reference Samara. (2014). Criminal law (1 lath De. ) Coinage Le arning By diamagnetic Everest University Online criminal offense Justifies an act that may be a crime but is done to prevent a greater evil. The car that had three children in it. No one was in your neighbors car so no one was in kids, you went over and Jumped in the car and moved the car further away from the to move the car with the children in it to prevent them from burning up in the fire should allow the defense of the choice of evil because if he wouldnt have moved the didnt have condemnation to go try to find the mother of the kids so she could move the car Samara, (2014). Criminal law (1 lath De. ) Coinage Learning