innovative defense

Innovative defenses (the invention of which is sometimes called creative lawyering) are relatively new and untried defenses for having committed a criminal act. Being innovative, there is little or no precedent bearing upon them. Such defenses include:

the abuse defense
premenstrual stress syndrome
the biological defense (the "Twinkie defense")
"black rage"
urban survival syndrome.

Parodies of innovative defenses are sometimes seen in entertainment, for example the Chewbacca Defense.

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