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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Ordinarily one provides justifications as a defense to a crime, if the statute or common law allows it, not as a basis for claiming a crime was not committed at all.
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Ordinarily one justifies a crime, if at all, based on the conduct of the victim, not the (supposed) conduct or the (supposed) motivations of her husband. Those justifying Novak's conduct by attacking Wilson are well past the ordinary.