Defenses and justifications are review traces. Honesty note: simplified substantive criminal law classroom toy model; not legal advice; not charging, defense, plea, sentencing, or risk advice; structure only; human review required.

Structured Visual

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes toy structural offense models, not criminal law, charging advice, defense advice, sentencing advice, or risk assessment. RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF.

RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF: render structure, refuse interpretation, cite provenance, abstain when unsupported, and hand off to human review.

TOY MODELNOT LEGAL ADVICESTRUCTURE ONLYHUMAN REVIEW REQUIRED
Offense defenses and justifications trace self_defense: satisfied via self_defense=True compare=True duress: not_satisfied via duress=False compare=True necessity: unknown via necessity=None compare=True
highlighted = computed this step

Criminal-law toy-model honesty note

Honesty note: simplified classroom substantive-criminal-law model; jurisdictions, statutes, charging decisions, facts, defenses, and sentencing rules vary; as of June 24, 2026; not legal advice; structure only; human review required; no charging, defense, plea, or sentencing advice.

toy criminal-law model as of June24,2026\text{toy criminal-law model as of }June 24, 2026

Defenses are review labels

The toy trace records defense and justification labels without deciding availability.

defense labels only\text{defense labels only}

Example defense packet

The trace has 3 row(s), including 1 unknown row.

unknown=1\text{unknown}=1

Rows are recomputed

Satisfied, not-satisfied, and unknown labels stay visible for human review.

tri-state review\text{tri-state review}

Diagram note

The trace does not advise whether a defense applies.

defense review only\text{defense review only}

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes toy structural offense models, not criminal law, charging advice, defense advice, sentencing advice, or risk assessment. RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF.

RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF: render structure, refuse interpretation, cite provenance, abstain when unsupported, and hand off to human review.

TOY MODELNOT LEGAL ADVICESTRUCTURE ONLYHUMAN REVIEW REQUIRED
Offense defenses and justifications trace self_defense: satisfied via self_defense=True compare=True duress: not_satisfied via duress=False compare=True necessity: unknown via necessity=None compare=True

Summary

Defense-sensitive outputs should route missing facts and contested labels to review.

defense handoff\text{defense handoff}