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Duress
ORS > Procedural Statutes > General Criminal Matters > 161.270
(1) performing acts which would normally constitute an offense, other than murder, is not criminal if the actor engaged in the conduct because they were coerced to do so by the use or threatened use of unlawful physical force upon them or a third person, the force or threatened force being of such a nature or degree as to overcome earnest resistance
(2) duress is not a defense for one who intentionally or recklessly places oneself in a situation in which it is probable that one will be subjected to duress
(3) it's not a defense that a spouse acted on the command of the other spouse, unless the spouse acted under such coercion that it establishes a defense under (1)
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