Question

Tony is playing basketball with some friends. a stranger walks onto the basketball court and pulls out a gun. the stranger tells tony to take all of his friend's money and give it to him or he will shoot him. tony takes the wallets from his friend's and gives the stranger their money.

Answer 1

Based on this situation, if Tony is charged with the crime, the element of his defense that might be at issue are the following;

·         Nature of threat – this is defined as a non-manmade incident that is caused by a process of a natural environment or caused by biological, geological or meteorological conditions.

·         Level of belief regarding the threat – this is the belief of an individual in regards to a certain threat that he or she may be associated to.

·         Immediacy of the threat – this is referred to as a way of an individual’s response to a certain threat.