Sentences with phrase «legally valid defence»
It may be interesting to know whether it would be a legally valid defence if true; after all, people have managed to fool juries (and judges) with lies before, and maybe the expert witness won't be believed.
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However, being responsible for an event occurring is not necessarily the same as being legally guilty of the offence — that distinction may be lost on Aboriginal people who thus plead to offences for which they may have valid defences.