Well, I think the State would have to prove to a jury of his peers by a preponderance of the evidence or reasonable doubt - don't know how the law there is written - that there was an actual or implied threat so severe that she feared for life and limb and that is going to be hard to do unless there is a lot more to the story than offered here. I've heard they think it would be too easy for some women just to say they were in fear if they didn't set the standards pretty high for the State. But if she were threatened this way, she should report it to the authorities and let them investigate.
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