Definiciones sobre coerción y adultos en el Código Penal de Colorado

Explicación Simple

Esta ley define qué es un adulto y qué significa coerción. Coerción es cuando alguien obliga a otra persona a hacer algo usando amenazas o fuerza.

Es como cuando un compañero de clase te dice que si no le das tu almuerzo, te va a hacer bullying. Está usando la amenaza para que hagas lo que él quiere.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, un joven de 19 años, amenaza a su amigo Pedro con golpearlo si no le presta su teléfono. Aquí, Juan está usando coerción para forzar a Pedro a hacer algo que no quiere.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

C.R.S. 18-3-502 – Definitions As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Adult" means a person eighteen years of age or older. (2) "Coercing" means inducing a person to act or to refrain from acting, if the inducement is accomplished by any one or more of the following means: (a) The use or threat of the use of force against, abduction of, causing of serious harm to, or physical restraint of a person; (b) The use of a plan, pattern, or statement for the purpose of causing the person to believe that failure to perform the act or failure to refrain from performing the act will result in the use of force against, abduction of, causing of serious harm to, or physical restraint of that person or another person; (c) Using or threatening to use the law or the legal process, whether administrative, civil, or criminal, in any manner or for any purpose for which the law was not designed; (d) Threatening to notify law enforcement officials that a person is present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws; (e) The destruction or taking, or a threat to destroy or take, a person’s identification document or other property; (f) Controlling or threatening to control a person’s access to a controlled substance, as defined in section 18-18-102 (5); (g) The use of debt bondage; or (h) The exploitation of a person’s physical or mental impairment, where such impairment has a substantial adverse effect on the person’s cognitive or volitional functions