Spontaneous Desistance

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1. Does a weapon jam that externally prevents further execution by itself establish spontaneous desistance?
2. A bystander blocks completion of an attack. Months later the victim signs a document called an affidavit of desistance.…
3. An offender is stopped by a broken weapon and later apologizes sincerely. He says the apology alone retroactively turns…
4. An assailant pauses behind a wall only to reload, maintains the plan to continue immediately, and is arrested before re…
5. A complainant’s later affidavit concerns whether to pursue a case, while independent proof shows the offender was physi…
6. Distinguish an offender’s spontaneous desistance from a complainant’s later affidavit of desistance.
7. An assailant pauses to reload and intends immediate continuation but is arrested. Explain why the pause is not necessar…
8. A weapon fails and the offender later apologizes. Can the apology alone establish earlier spontaneous desistance?