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Affirmative defense – Facts other than those alleged by the prosecutor which, if proven by the defendant, defeats or mitigates the legal
consequences of the latter’s unlawful conduct

Burden of proof
Presumption of innocence

Corpus delicti – Literally, the body or substance of the crime

- The fact that a crime actually has been committed

Alibi – an affirmative defense which accused has the burden of establishing, at least after the prosecution has made out a prima facie case of
guilt

Defense of Insanity -

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