Deadly Force Only At Home
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- Criminal Law1
Example wrong choices
14639_prayer_walk_self_defense · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice Bsustained, because the killing occurred in hot blood upon sufficient provocation.
Why it's attractive
It reaches the same result as A but swaps in a different homicide-defense frame.
Why it's wrong
The call asks self-defense; B answers provocation.
Spot it next time
Ask whether the reason names self-defense or a different doctrine.
14639_prayer_walk_self_defense · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice Cdenied, because Paul did not actually intend to harm Daniel and Daniel's belief was factually mistaken.
Why it's attractive
It uses the planted fact that Paul secretly meant only to frighten Daniel.
Why it's wrong
C makes Paul's secret actual intent dispositive; the Gold Key makes Daniel's reasonable belief dispositive.
Spot it next time
Judge the defense from Daniel's reasonable perception at the moment of force.
14639_prayer_walk_self_defense · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice Ddenied, because Daniel was not defending his home and therefore had to retreat or use less than deadly force.
Why it's attractive
It invokes the familiar home/retreat side-frame and was the dominant original wrong answer.
Why it's wrong
D says Daniel had to retreat or use less force; the stem says deadly force was his only way to survive.
Spot it next time
Compare 'had to retreat/use less force' against 'deadly force was his only way to survive.'
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