ABSTRACT
Legal defenses to organized crimes are somewhat more complex than those for conventional crimes. Although the available defenses themselves do not change, the applicability of various defenses is an issue for some crimes more so than for others. As a result, accusations of organized crimes are generally met with more organized and complex defenses. Several examples of defenses that come up almost exclusively in cases of organized crime serve to illustrate the point: entrapment, duress, and other more offense-specific claims. The issue of “mob lawyers” is also addressed as an issue of consequence for the defense in organized crime cases.
