§ 610. Duress.
(1) Affirmative Defense. In a prosecution for any offense it is an affirmative defense that
the actor engaged in the proscribed conduct because he was compelled to do so by threat
of imminent death or serious bodily injury to himself or another. In a prosecution for an offense
which does not constitute a felony, it is an affirmative defense that the actor engaged in the
proscribed conduct because he was compelled to do so by force or threat of force. Compulsion
within the meaning of this section exists only if the force, threat or circumstances are such as
would render a person of reasonable firmness incapable of resisting the pressure.
(2) Defense Precluded. The defense defined in this section is not available to a person
who, by voluntarily entering into a criminal enterprise, or otherwise, willfully placed himself in
a situation in which it was foreseeable that he would be subjected to duress. The defense is
also unavailable if he was negligent in placing himself in such a situation, whenever negligence
suffices to establish culpability for the offense charged.
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