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Duress defense applies only to imminent death, Maryland high court says

July 12, 2021 Comments Off on Duress defense applies only to imminent death, Maryland high court says

Members of violent gangs who kill out of fear they would soon be killed if they disobeyed a deadly order cannot later claim they acted out of duress in order to change a murder charge to voluntary manslaughter, Maryland’s top court unanimously ruled Friday.

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Murderers’ ‘duress defense’ applies only to imminent death, Md. court says

October 2, 2020 Comments Off on Murderers’ ‘duress defense’ applies only to imminent death, Md. court says

Members of violent gangs who kill out of fear they would soon be killed if they disobeyed a deadly order cannot later claim they acted out of duress in order to change a murder charge to voluntary manslaughter, Maryland’s second-highest ...

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