{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-501.090","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 501.090","heading":"Liability -- Duress.","body":"(1) In any prosecution for an offense other than an intentional homicide, it is a defense\nthat the defendant engaged in the proscribed conduct because he was coerced to do\nso by the use of, or a threat of the use of, unlawful physical force against him or\nanother person which a person in his situation could not reasonably be expected to\nresist.\n(2) The defense provided by subsection (1) is unavailable if the defendant intentionally\nor wantonly placed himself in a situation in which it was probable that he woul d be\nsubjected to coercion.","path":["KRS Chapter 501"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19658","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:00Z","sha256":"cc21dbc4e861a82eee88bd43c39b7335599ea39779e5385839c47c5ac979ad14","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-501.080","next":"us-ky/krs-501.100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}