{"data":{"id":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-1406","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"13 V.S.A. § 1406","heading":"Defense","body":"It is a defense to a prosecution under this chapter that the defendant renounced his or her criminal purpose by:\n(1) conduct designed to prevent the commission of the crime agreed upon; or\n(2) giving timely notice to a law enforcement official of the conspiracy and of the defendant’s part in it; or\n(3) making a timely, positive statement to one or more of the other parties to the agreement that the defendant will not participate in the crime.","path":["Title 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure","Chapter 029: Conspiracy"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/029/01406","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:12:27Z","sha256":"97f04201e6f5395018cb5da01ac179e6b410811cb77f306a49cb0236b54bd588","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-1405","next":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-1407"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}