KRS 519.030: Compounding a crime.

(1) A person is guilty of compounding a crime when:

(a) He solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit upon an agreement or

understanding that he will refrain from initiating a prosecution for a crime; or

(b) He confers, offers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon another person upon

agreement or understanding that such other person will refrain from initiating

a prosecution for a crime.

(2) In any prosecution under this section, it is a defense that the benefit did not exceed

an amount which the defendant reasonably believed to be due as restitutio n or

indemnification for harm caused by the offense.

(3) Compounding a crime is a Class A misdemeanor.