6-3D-12: COMPOUNDING:
This section is included in your selections.
A. A person commits compounding if that person accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit as consideration for:
1. Refraining from seeking prosecution of an offender; or
2. Refraining from reporting to law enforcement authorities the commission or suspected commission of any crime or information relating to a crime.
B. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the benefit received by the defendant did not exceed an amount which the defendant reasonably believed to be due as restitution or indemnification for harm caused by the crime. (Ord. 13, Series 1981)