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Innovative defense
'''Innovative defenses''' (the invention of which is sometimes called '''''creative lawyering''''') are relatively new and untried [[defense (legal)|defense]]s for having committed a criminal act. Being innovative, there is little or no [[precedent]] bearing upon them.  
Such defenses include: 
* the [[abuse defense]]
**[[Battered woman defence]]
* [[premenstrual stress syndrome#PMS in jurisprudence|premenstrual stress syndrome]] 
* the [[biological defense]] (the "[[Twinkie Defense]]")
* "[[bBlack rage (law)|Black rage]]" 
* [[urban survival syndrome]].

Parodies of innovative defenses are sometimes seen in entertainment, for example the [[Chewbacca Defense]].

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[[Category:Criminal defenses]]