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'''Innovative defenses''' ('''creative lawyering''') (as terms of [[jurisprudence]]) arethe invention of which is sometimes called '''''creative lawyering''''') are relatively new and untried [[defenses]]s, perhaps best categorized as for having commited a criminal act. Being innovative, there is little or no [[precedent]] bearing upon them. They seek to [[justify|justification]]s and/  or [[excuse]]s, which are relatively new and untried (and thus have little [[precedent]]); via which, a [[defendant]] may argue that they the crime, arguing that the [[defendant]] should not be held [[crime|criminally]] [[liability|liable]] for [[action]]s which broke the [[law]]. 
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In ''[[USA Today]]'' ([[April 12]], [[1995]]), [[David Rosenhan]] was quoted, "We're getting to see some very, very interesting [defenses], and obviously some long shots...There are a terrific number of them." 

Such defenses include: 
* the [[abuse defense]]
* [[premenstrual stress syndrome]] 
* the [[biological defense]] (the "Twinkie defense")
* "[[black rage]]" 
* "[[gay panic defense]]" 
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* [[urban survival syndrome]].