Crim182-5

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Facts: One Datchery was witnessed by a Justicar to have extorted money from Alexander upon threat of death.

Decision: There exists in the Realm the crime of extortion. Extortion will be found where one citizen threatens certain physical harm, severe bodily injury, death, or improper use of the legal process on another character contemporaneously with a demand for money or other services to refrain from the threatened behavior. Datchery's acts fall well within the definition of this crime.

Judgment: Datchery guilty of the crime of Extortion. Sentence for the crime is State Mandated Suicide.