Sorry to avoid the comedy, but I have found a legal defense that Shepard can use during the trial.
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF NECESSITY
In legal terms, a person can argue that he/she cannot be held liable for a crime they comitted because it was by committing that crime, they were able to twart a greater harm. For example, a person can argue that they cannot be held liable for driving drunk, because they need to escape some kidnappers.
To successfully argue necessity, the accused must prove 4 conditions.
1) The harm he/she sought to avoid must outweigh the harm they committed.
2) He/She had no legal/reasonable alternative.
3) He/She ceased the conduct as soon as the danger passed.
4) He/She did not create the danger they sought to avoid.
So the argument goes like this.
1) The harm Shepard sought to avoid was the immediate extinction of all life in the galaxy which cost 300, 000 Batarian lives as opposed to trillions.
2) Due to being drugged and knocked out, there was no time to create or find a reasonable alternative to destroying the Alpha Relay.
3) Shepard ceased killing hundreds of thousands of Batarians as soon as the immediately invasion of the Reapers was thwarted, termporarily.
4) Shepard did not create the Reapers.
Modifié par InHarmsWay, 18 juin 2011 - 03:23 .