lesser evils defense

The defense that, while the defendant may have caused the harm or evil that would ordinarily constitute a criminal offense, in the present case the defendant has not caused a net harm or evil because of justifying circumstances and therefore should be exculpated.

— Also termed choice-of-evils defense; necessity; general-justification defense.


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