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GolfMike
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What is the name of your state? New Hampshire
Hi,
I would like your view if the following situation is Attempted Extortion.
Patricia is a prostitute. Jim is one of her clients. Jim is
interested in a personal relationship with Patricia but after many months of trying Patricia does not seem cooperative. Jim discovers Patricia's real identity and some smoking gun evidence of her activities. Jim is a little involved with Patricia. Jim threatens to hand over the evidence to Law Enforcement if Patricia does not spend more time with him, and to make more of an effort to be friends with him. But at the same time Jim also gives Patricia an assurance, that if ever Patricia wants to quite being a Prostitute then Patricia can safely quit the Prostitution Business without any repercussions from Jim , and without any fears of being handed over to Law Enforcement by Jim.
At the outset it appears that Jim is guilty of Criminal Extortion of Patricia. However Jim is able to only extrort Patricia because Patricia did not take up Jim's offer of safe passage from the illicit Prostitution business, and that offer is available to Patricia at any time. Therefore in a sense Patricia chooses to be willingly extorted if she goes along with this arrangement. Moreover Jim is not asking for anything material like money or sex, just to be closer to Patricia.
In your opinion is Jim guilty of attempted criminal extortion?
Thanks.
Hi,
I would like your view if the following situation is Attempted Extortion.
Patricia is a prostitute. Jim is one of her clients. Jim is
interested in a personal relationship with Patricia but after many months of trying Patricia does not seem cooperative. Jim discovers Patricia's real identity and some smoking gun evidence of her activities. Jim is a little involved with Patricia. Jim threatens to hand over the evidence to Law Enforcement if Patricia does not spend more time with him, and to make more of an effort to be friends with him. But at the same time Jim also gives Patricia an assurance, that if ever Patricia wants to quite being a Prostitute then Patricia can safely quit the Prostitution Business without any repercussions from Jim , and without any fears of being handed over to Law Enforcement by Jim.
At the outset it appears that Jim is guilty of Criminal Extortion of Patricia. However Jim is able to only extrort Patricia because Patricia did not take up Jim's offer of safe passage from the illicit Prostitution business, and that offer is available to Patricia at any time. Therefore in a sense Patricia chooses to be willingly extorted if she goes along with this arrangement. Moreover Jim is not asking for anything material like money or sex, just to be closer to Patricia.
In your opinion is Jim guilty of attempted criminal extortion?
Thanks.