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unusual facts about Duress



ATM SafetyPIN software

American Banker reported on January 2, 2007 that no PIN-reversal duress code is used on any ATM as of that date.

Bruce Timm

His cameos include the episode of Batman: The Animated Series "Beware the Gray Ghost", playing the toy shop owner, as himself in the episode of The New Batman Adventures, "Holiday Knights", and also as the leader of the Jokerz gang in Batman Beyond, which he joked he did under duress and also joked was "Emmy Award-winning material".

Dixon v. United States

In his charge to the jury, the trial judge required her to prove duress by a preponderance of the evidence.

FC Krasyliv

The club, coming from a small provincial town was under financial duress and in 2003-04 they forged a union with Obolon and became their farm club under the name Krasyliv-Obolon.

Guantánamo Bay

Some legal scholars, such as Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, have countered that the 1903 and 1934 lease agreements were imposed on Cuba under duress and are unequal treaties, no longer compatible with modern international law, and voidable ex nunc pursuant to articles 60, 62, and 64 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.

James Watson Webb

The term of duress was two years in Sing Sing, but Governor William H. Seward pardoned him before he went behind bars, in return for which Webb named one of his sons "William Seward Webb".

Kirt Niedrigh

He is saved by Sun Boy (under duress), and, after finding out from the ring that the planet's atmosphere needs to be altered, absorbs and joins with Element Lad's power's to do so.

Nasser Mohammadkhani

His mistress, Shahla Jahed, was convicted of the murder, and was executed in 2010, following the completion of the appeals procedure after Supreme Court judges ruled that her initial conviction (based as it was on a confession she made under duress) was unacceptable.

Panicfire

Panicfire is a term for firing a weapon while under panic or other extreme duress, such as exhaustion or fight-or-flight.

Sakis Rouvas filmography

Rouvas also revealed that he has landed his first Hollywood film in the psychological thriller Duress playing the primary antagonist role of Abner Solvie, a charismatic killer, alongside actors Martin Donovan and Billy Wirth.

Stress and duress

Although not binding upon non-participating member states of the Council of Europe, this ruling is a useful indicator of international judicial views on the "stress and duress" methods authorised for use by the US administration.

Unconscionability in English law

SA Smith, 'Contracting Under Pressure: A Theory of Duress' 1997 Cambridge Law Journal 343, 371


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