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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 501.090: Liability -- Duress.

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  1. KRS Chapter 501

(1) In any prosecution for an offense other than an intentional homicide, it is a defense

that the defendant engaged in the proscribed conduct because he was coerced to do

so by the use of, or a threat of the use of, unlawful physical force against him or

another person which a person in his situation could not reasonably be expected to

resist.

(2) The defense provided by subsection (1) is unavailable if the defendant intentionally

or wantonly placed himself in a situation in which it was probable that he woul d be

subjected to coercion.

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