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Attempt - renunciation as a defense
ORS > Procedural Statutes > Inchoate Crimes > 161.430
(1) a person is not liable for an attempt if, under circumstances manifesting a voluntary and complete renunciation of their criminal intent, they avoid the commission of the attempted crime by abandoning the criminal effort &, if simple abandonment is insufficient for avoiding it, doing everything necessary to prevent the commission of the attempted crime.
(2) the defense of renunciation is an affirmative defense
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