Illinois · Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5)
720 ILCS 5 § 7-11: Compulsion
What this law says, in plain English
This statute defines the legal defense of compulsion, which excuses criminal conduct performed under threat of death or serious bodily harm to the defendant or their family, except in death-penalty cases. It also eliminates any presumption of compulsion based solely on a woman's marital status.
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