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Regina v. Dudley and Stephens
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ruling on necessity doctrine
- In criminal law: Mitigating circumstances and other defenses
The leading English case, Regina v. Dudley and Stephens (1884) 14 Q.B.D. 273, appears to reject the necessity defense in homicide cases. In German or French courts, however, the defendants would probably have been acquitted.
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