{"data":{"id":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-7-13","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"720 ILCS 5/7-13","heading":"Necessity.","body":"Conduct which would otherwise be an offense is justifiable by reason of necessity if the accused was without blame in occasioning or developing the situation and reasonably believed such conduct was necessary to avoid a public or private injury greater than the injury which might reasonably result from his own conduct.","path":["CHAPTER 720 CRIMINAL OFFENSES","Criminal Code of 2012."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1876\u0026ChapterID=53\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:41Z","sha256":"be985a0c185a03f00b5f41e4094924810040e003b017f501e1dc5795cc49f657","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-7-12","next":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-7-14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}