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  2. Coercion - Wikipedia

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    Coercion involves compelling a party to act in an involuntary manner through the use of threats, including threats to use force against that party. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ need quotation to verify ] [ 3 ] It involves a set of forceful actions which violate the free will of an individual in order to induce a desired response.

  3. Duress in American law - Wikipedia

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    In criminal law, a duress defense is similar to a plea of guilty, admitting partial culpability, so that if the defense is not accepted then the criminal act is admitted. Duress or coercion can also be raised in an allegation of rape or other sexual assault to negate a defense of consent on the part of the person making the allegation.

  4. Extortion - Wikipedia

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    Extortion is the practice of obtaining benefit (e.g., money or goods) through coercion. In most jurisdictions it is likely to constitute a criminal offence; ...

  5. Blackmail - Wikipedia

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    Blackmail is a criminal act of coercion using a threat.. As a criminal offense, blackmail is defined in various ways in common law jurisdictions. In the United States, blackmail is generally defined as a crime of information, involving a threat to do something that would cause a person to suffer embarrassment or financial loss. [1]

  6. Death threat - Wikipedia

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    A person commits the crime of coercion if the person compels another to engage in conduct from which there is a legal right to abstain or abstain from conduct in which there is a legal right to engage, by means of instilling in the person who is compelled a fear that, if the demand is not complied with, the person who makes the demand or ...

  7. Government coercion limited by First Amendment - AOL

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    A new Supreme Court case, National Rifle Association of America (NRA) v. Vullo, May 30, 2024, prohibits the use by government of coercion of third parties to inhibit the freedom of speech by an ...

  8. Inside the state and federal charges against the man accused ...

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    A triptych of criminal charges paints a searing, sometimes disparate portrait of the man accused of ambushing and killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson as the executive arrived at a ...

  9. Intimidation - Wikipedia

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    Crimes closely related to intimidation are menacing, coercion, terrorizing, [3] and assault. [note 1] In California, making criminal threats is a wobbler and may be charged as either a misdemeanor or a felony under California Penal Code 422. [21] A felony criminal threat is a strike under California's three strikes law.