Lawful Arrest Means No Defense
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
- CRIMINAL1
Example wrong choices
17186_choir_flashlight · CRIMINAL · Choice ANo defense, because Officer Ruth had probable cause to arrest Daniel for stealing the card reader.
Why it's attractive
This choice answers whether the arrest was allowed, not whether the later beating was excessive.
Why it's wrong
This choice answers whether the arrest was allowed, not whether the later beating was excessive.
17186_choir_flashlight · CRIMINAL · Choice CSelf-defense to the theft charge as well as the battery charge.
Why it's attractive
The choice drags the theft charge into a defense that only answers the force charge.
Why it's wrong
The choice drags the theft charge into a defense that only answers the force charge.
17186_choir_flashlight · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo defense, because a person being arrested may never use force against a police officer.
Why it's attractive
The word 'never' is the tell. The Gold Key supplies the exception for excessive force.
Why it's wrong
The word 'never' is the tell. The Gold Key supplies the exception for excessive force.
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