Related Clues:

• Out on the stand
• Corroborator, maybe
• Suspect's need
• Suspect's salvation?
• Courtroom excuse
• Defense mechanism?
• Suspect's defense
• Police officer's badge, e.g.
• Defence
• Legal get-out
• Arrestee's excuse
• ''___ Ike''
• Whodunit plot line
• Common defense
• Cover, in a way