Twenty year old woman gets 15 months in Prison for encouraging boyfriend to kill himself

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Ka-pi96 said:

Machiavellian said:

You are correct that she was not obligated to help him or do anything to stop him.  Its way different when she actively goad him into doing the act.  You forget she isn't just some stranger on the street but his girlfriend.  Which means she is at a level of trust in their relationship which she used to direct and goad him into doing the act even when he was hesitant.  She had every chance to hang up, not take his calls, call the police or his parents anything but assist with his death.  By assisting with his death she became an assessor to the act which is a crime in most states.  I think we are all pretty sure if there was an exact law on this, the persecutor would have gone for voluntary Manslaughter.

As did he.

She didn`t force him in to anything. He could have chose not to do it and/or to cease contact with her at any point but didn`t.

What would you say if you were having bad or borderline suicidal thoughts, you came to your parents and they decided it would be best for you to kill yourself? Not only did they decide its best, but they actually kept pushing you to do it? By your logic they would hold no accountability. When people date it is hard to subjectively quantify how close the couple are but there is no doubt that a close relationship like that bears WAY more weight than the typical friendship. Dating is supposed to be a test to find whoever you want to spend the rest of your life with and perhaps start a family with. I usually agree with you but you are being so insanely disingenuous if you think she deserves no punishment for actively pushing her boyfriend into killing himself when it was her obligation to help him or get help.

 

The punishment doesn't fit the crime, she needs to be put away longer