True or False? There is no practical difference between justifiable and excusable homicide defenses today.?

Answer 1

False

Answer 2

False -- justification says that there is a valid reason for the criminal action, and effectively requires an admission to the underlying action -- but a justification can also be imperfect, and may reduce rather than eliminate the charges.

An excuse defeats one element of the charge -- or invokes a recognized exemption that means the underlying criminal action was never performed.

In practice -- little is made of the difference -- but there are procedural differences and differences in how they affect the presentation of the case.

Answer 3

False.

Justifiable defenses illustrate the defensive aspects to the incident.

Excusable defenses try to mitigate the offense.