Modernly, How Do Courts Handle Women and Duress

question 72

Multiple Choice

Modernly, how do courts handle women and duress?

• A) There is a rebuttable presumption that any woman who has committed a crime does so under some sort of duress.
• B) Women are exempted from criminal liability only in the presence of their husbands because of the belief they act at the direction of the man.
• C) Women and duress are treated the same way as men utilizing the defense.
• D) Women are punished more than men when using the duress defense.

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