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Duress - Coggle Diagram
Duress
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duress by threat
D is ordered to commit an offence while being subjected to threats of immediate death or vileness which overbears the ordinary powers of human resistance
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applies as a defence where a person commits a crime as a response to a threat of death or serious injury
cannot be used as a defence for murder, attempted mnurder
if pleaded sucsessfully, it absolves the D of liability
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can't use defence in cases where D had an opportunity to take evasive action, as then the act wouldn't be imminent
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