What are potentially acceptable defences?
The following is a list of some of the defences that may be accepted. With some of them the defence may not necessarily mean you are not guilty, but may instead mean that you hold less responsibility and thus warrant a lower penalty than would otherwise be the case.

Innocence

If you can prove you did not commit the offence, this is the most valid defence.

Mistake of fact

An action may not be an offence if the act is committed while basing the decision on information that, had the information been true, the action would not have been an offence. For example, if you are told that a person was cheating on a test and you as Commanding Officer demoted them, it is not an abuse of position even if the information turned out to be false because you were performing your duties properly. However the person who had spread that information would be investigated.

Duress

If you were forced or ordered to do something by someone else then your responsibility may be diminished in the offence.

Necessity

If an action is committed out of necessity, for example, that a person, unit, department, etc, could not function unless the offence was committed, then the action may not be an offence.

Entrapment

If you are induced into committing an offence, by a member of the Justice Department or other disciplinary authority, that you had not previously considered doing, in order to bring charges against you then your actions may not be an offence.

Provocation

If you were provoked into committing an offence by any means then this may reduce your responsibility in the offence.

What are unacceptable defences?
The following is a list of some of the defences that will not be accepted in most circumstances.

Ignorance

Not knowing that something is an offence is not acceptable. The regulations are set out for everyone to read and it is your own responsibility to do so.

Under the influence

Being under the influence of any substance, whether legal or not, is not an acceptable defence. You must still take responsibility for your actions in these instances.

Unfit to stand trial

We are not capable of assessing psychology of our members and thus illness is not a defence. This is not meant to be discriminatory; it is simply that we cannot evaluate a person for fitness.

What are acceptable pieces of evidence?
The following is a list of some of the types of evidence that will be accepted in most circumstances.

Screenshots

Both from yourself and any witnesses. To take a screenshot press the "Print Screen" key located to the right of the F12 key on most keyboards. Then go to any imaging program and select "paste". Save this in any accepted image format such as .jpg, .gif or .bmp. Do not modify the image at all.

Sworn statements

A witness can administer a sworn statement to the Justice Department in lieu of a screenshot.

First-hand testimony

Testimony from a viable witness to the Justice Department.

Links

Links to offences, such as in the case of plagiarism to show the source, or to forums to indicate unacceptable behaviour.

On top of these there are a number of types of evidence that will be accepted in some circumstances.

Opinions

If these opinions are from people within the WCC who are in a position to have seen the character of the person in question, this may be admissible, but only if the opinion does NOT serve simply to degrade a person's character.

Transcripts

Transcripts must be sworn to and the original save date be on them.

What are unacceptable pieces of evidence?
The following is a list of some of the types of evidence that will not be accepted in most circumstances.

Hearsay

You cannot use in evidence anything that anyone else has told you. What IS admissible is if they give you a screenshot or testify to the statement themselves.

Biased opinions

Any opinion that serves only as a bias strongly for or against a person is inadmissible.

Claims with no proof

Any statement or action that cannot be shown or proven creates a "your word against mine" situation and without proof this is inadmissible.