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'''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]] 
* a biological defense (a claim that some biological factor present in the defendant provides a defense against the accused crimes) such as the "[[Twinkie Defense]]")
* "[[Black rage (law)|black rage]]" 
* [[urban survival syndrome]].

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

[[Category:Criminal defenses]]


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