How does the "duress defense" work in criminal cases?Watch this video on YouTube Duress is a potential defense to charges of any Nevada crime except first-degree murder. Defendants may raise a duress defense if they committed a crime because they reasonably believed they would be killed or severely injured if they refused.1 A classic example …
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