Question

Which defense is sometimes nicknamed the "lesser of two evils"?

a. involuntary actions
b. mistake or ignorance of fact or law
c. necessity
d. self-defense

Answer 1

The answer is C.

Necessity defense sometimes nicknamed as the "lesser of two evils"

Which point to a situation where a person is permitted to act in a criminal manner when an emergency situation compels him/her to act in a criminal manner to avoid a greater harm from occuring.

For example , a man somehow killing his neighbor because he found out that his neighbor want to blew up a public place