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XRP Aficionado 🛡️
@RepublicOfQ1
Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. -XRP
Jan 24, 2020 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
1/ What is an "affirmative defense", and why it matters.

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@JaySekulow keeps saying that the @realDonaldTrump defense team will use an affirmative defense.

2/First, a definition:

An affirmative defense to ... a criminal charge is a fact or set of facts other than those alleged by the plaintiff or prosecutor which, if proven by the defendant, defeats or mitigates the legal consequences of the defendant's otherwise unlawful conduct.