Legal issues

[RecycledAtoms]

What if someone knows I am suicidal, but does not report it? Could said person be held legally accountable in ANY way? This person has no intentions of helping to aid and abet my suicide. This person has no intentions of encouraging it in any way. This person just simply knows I am suicidal. Is this a legal issue if I go through with it? I need to know.

 

[Stan]

Legal always goes down to proof at the end of the day. If they are not aiding or conspiring with you I believe there is no crime. many doctors know their patients are suicidal and they they don't get prosecuted just for knowing it.

 

[MeltingHeart]

What if someone knows I am suicidal, but does not report it? Could said person be held legally accountable in ANY way? This person has no intentions of helping to aid and abet my suicide. This person has no intentions of encouraging it in any way. This person just simply knows I am suicidal. Is this a legal issue if I go through with it? I need to know.

There would be no way of proving this & also no - If they don't 'assist' you OR encourage you to. There would be no legal repercussions. Loads of people know people have suicidal feelings before they do it. Atleast 10 or more people would have to be arrested if I ctb today...but no...that won't happen....I guess the exception to this might be if they are yr regular doctor or therapist or whatever...& they have what would be called "duty of care" to notify someone else or actively 'stop' you.

 

[Darkhaven]

Hard to answer to legal questions when all of us are on different places in the world.
It depends on your countries law.
Now, with that being said, it's very unlikely that not reporting your suicidal tendencies will put that person in any kind of legal responsability.
It's not a crime to start with.
The only way they could come up with something would be if that person had some kind of legal duty of taking care or protecting you, like a father has over his kids. Assuming you're an adult, that kind of responsability is nothing more than a moral duty and not a legal one, so it should be okay.

 

[WhiteDespair]

Check out justia.com for you local laws and statues. Or, Startpage search for criminal law versions for it.

This is New York's. Does "intentionally causes or aides" means doing nothing while someone's CtB? Maybe. Maybe not.

For their protection it's a better idea not to give them any specifics or even discuss bus travel before.

New York Penal Law
Sec. 120.30
Promoting a Suicide Attempt
120.30 Promoting a suicide attempt. A person is guilty of promoting a suicide attempt when he intentionally causes or aids another person to attempt suicide. Promoting a suicide attempt is a class E felony.

 

[Stan]

120.30 Promoting a suicide attempt. A person is guilty of promoting a suicide attempt when he intentionally causes or aids another person to attempt suicide. Promoting a suicide attempt is a class E felony.

I could read promoting that as bullying or coercing a person into cbt. Then the aid bit relating to purchases or being part of the physical act of suicide.

 

[Kowahi2310]

Where are you from? Laws vary greatly from countries to countries.

 

[WhiteDespair]

I could read promoting that as bullying or coercing a person into cbt. Then the aid bit relating to purchases or being part of the physical act of suicide.

That is what the lawyer sites say when it comes to this. It's loose enough to include known inactivity. Similar to when "5 Final Acts" describes the British (Scottish, ?) legal system.

 

[Stan]

Similar to when "5 Final Acts" describes the British (Scottish, ?) legal system.

It does get a bit hazy tbh. Nobody has been arrested for helping take their loved one to Dignitas in Switzerland and you would certainly imagine that would fall under that law.

 

[WhiteDespair]

It does get a bit hazy tbh. Nobody has been arrested for helping take their loved one to Dignitas in Switzerland and you would certainly imagine that would fall under that law.

Very true. It would be up to the prosecutors, judges, etc. at that point.