Other Defenses to White-Collar Crime
Learn about other defenses to white-collar crime, such as the governmental-authority defense, the advice-of-counsel defense, the literal-truth defense, entrapment, and duress.
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One tried-and-true strategy of any criminal defense, including the defense of white-collar crimes, is trying to show that the defendant lacked the necessary mens rea for the crime. Consequently, a number of defenses come down to a challenge to the charged offense’s intent element.
I. Governmental-Authority Defense
One such defense is sometimes called the governmental-authority defense. A defendant may raise this defense under one of multiple different theories.
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