How is suicide illegal, i.e. are you prosecuted for attempting suicide?
610355
It does seem like sterilizing a needle for a person that is being killed by the government don't it. I think a person ought to be able to choose their own path to hell. So why are their such laws.
801542
It's illegal,but that doesn't make it immoral.Every community has the moral right to defend itself.If the law can't,or won't, do it,then it's down to ourselves.It's remarkable how even the most un-educated criminal always knows his legal rights,but no mention is made of the rights of law-abiding people to live without fear.We get too much law & not enough justice.To sum up:If it's a last resort,then it's not wrong.
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It's illegal to kill anyone in the UK.\nBut if you killed someone accidentally during a struggle while trying to protect life I doubt if you would go to prison. (The term is to use reasonable force)\n\nIf a burglar breaks into your home the last thing you should worry about is YOUR legal rights.\nYou should take him upstairs to the bedroom and throw him out the window, which would probably kill him.\nPhone the police and say he died trying to flee.\n\nThe farmer that shot the two burglars a few years ago made the mistake of not killing both burglars.
63183
Well the law is still on the books, you get hung for it, but hanging is now illegal so now they just put in jail, unless the owner caches you in the act, he can legally shoot you.
162137
It's not quite that simple. You can be institutionalized for harming yourself by state authorities if they can present to a judge that you are endangering your life or the lives of others. It is quite difficult to prove in adults. Also, different states have different guidelines for what they consider to be endangering yourself, etc.
526343
WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS ILLEGAL
763254
Yes, attempted suicide should be punishable by death. Then all problems would be solved.
561263
Remember, it's a crime to kill yourself!
890075
if it IS illegal....it's only illegal if you get caught :-)
726611
Oregon is the only state with legalized suicide, and in that instance it must be administered by a doctor and only in the case of terminally ill patients.\n\nHowever, if you attempt to commit suicide, you will almost never be prosecuted.\n\nFor more info:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_views_of_suicide
549425
its not illegal, by British law but it would be taken as a threat to who ever you were doing it to, again its not an arrestable offense, but not a very clever one, especially if your in the wrong sort of place and why would you want to do that anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Well, if you heard them in California (and I have to assume you did), I can help you with one of them.\n\n5150 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is the section that allows law enforcement officers (go figure) to detain persons who are a danger to themselves, a danger to others, or gravely disabled due to a mental defect.  It's often used as the radio code for someone who is acting a little nutty or has attempted suicide.\n\nAnd speaking of suicide, this is the law that allows the police to take a suicidal person into *civil* custody.  This is not a criminal section, and the person being detained is not under criminal arrest, so NO...it is not against the law to try (or succeed) in killing yourself in California.\n\nAs for the 999, I have never heard of it.  A lot of agencies use what are called "900 codes", so it certainly seems reasonable that the other poster has it right...I've just never heard it myself.
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Look at the question you asked. "Is it illegal to intentionally cause an accident?"\n\nIt answers itself.\n\nNow, the tricky part is proving intent. But you said he admitted to "break checking" you. Depending upon exactly what he said that may be allowed as an admission.\n\nYou were cited for violation of a traffic law. In most jurisdictions, that is Negligence Per Se. But just proving you were negligent is also often not the final answer, where the other party acted intentionally to cause the problem. Intentional Torts generally override negligence when determining fault.\n\nAs noted above, a lawyer will be able to explain all of these concepts in more detail, and will be allowed to tell you whether any of them actually apply to your particular situation.
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If you are accused of a crime,a lot of people try to use this defence as away to get a lesser sentence.  They say that they were temporarily insane;not in their right frame of mind when they committed the crime. Then they usually have to be evaluated by a psychiatrist to gaet their input for court.
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Unfortunately there is no such thing as 'innocent due to insanity'. Insanity is a defence in criminal law and the rules governing the definition of insanity are complex and somewhat archaic, they hang very loosely on the definition of ' adisease of the mind',(known as the M'Naughten rules). A successful plea of insanity does not lead to automatic acquital, rather it merely has an effect on sentence - prison or secure unit hospitalisation. In fact pleading insanity can be more onerous than pleading some other defence. Murder sentences are commonly 20 years (life?). With good behaviour those convicted of murder may be out in 10. They are imprisoned at her majesty's (home secretary's) pleasure and decisions to release are at the home office's discretion. A successful plea of insanity will lead to hospitalisation for a period of time in excess of this, as it is often harder to persuade doctors and the HO that your insanity has healed itself than it is to prove that you are rehabilitated though imprisonment.\nProvocation is far better defence than insanity as all that has to be proved is an instantaneous and temporary loss of self control - such as in cases involving battered wife syndrome. Then there's automatism, which is a more interesting defence to play with. This involves involuntary bodily actions that lead to the execution of a crime. There is no mens rea, just an actus reus - the two elements needed to establish criminal culpability. For example, causing death by dangerous driving, when your faculties were temporarily denied by a heart attack or some other involuntary act.\n\nJack Straw may have said Osama Bin Laden was psychotic but as he is not a practicing psycho-analyst who has the opportunity to appraise OBL, then his comments are merely conjecture and popularist in the extreme.\n\nHave fun researching this question\n\nHugh G LL.B LL.M MBA
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It is illegal to escape lawfull custody whether you are innocent or not. Depending on how you escaped would determine whether those charges would be prosecuted if you were found innocent while on the run.
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yes of course.\n\nMurder is a crime and not permitted by the 10 commandments. If you feel the urge and desperate enough to kill yourself, just bare in mind, life in hell will be worse. At least whilst you are still here, you can get some support and help to get better.\n\nSuicide is murder . Don't do it or you will burn in hell