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Modernly, How Do Courts Handle Women and Duress

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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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