WTF? Suicide accomplice gets into slammer for 14 years

[Street Gerbil]

I don't quite get the term "helped commit suicide". Does that mean the helper counceled and persuaded the victim to commit suicide? If that's the case, then the victim could have been saved if he didn't get his help?

Wouldn't it?

Persuasion is a very powerful tool. That's how peer pressure works (as well as propaganda).

I suspect "helped" means "was aware but has not reported to the 'services'".
Anyway, you people seem to miss the point. How can non-preventing suicide be punished more harshly than murder???

[Winston001]

I suspect "helped" means "was aware but has not reported to the 'services'".
Anyway, you people seem to miss the point. How can non-preventing suicide be punished more harshly than murder???

It isn't. Simply watching and doing nothing itself is not an offence. The charge is of "assisting suicide". It's rare but there have been a number of cases.

One example also in Christchurch was a young guy who fed his paralysed mate sleeping pills, then held a pillow over his face.

For an offence to occur, the person has to actively do something to help the suicide - such as throw a rope over a tree and hold it steady.

The sentence for murder is up to life imprisonment which is a lot more than 14 years.

[wbks]

It isn't. Simply watching and doing nothing itself is not an offence. The charge is of "assisting suicide". It's rare but there have been a number of cases.

One example also in Christchurch was a young guy who fed his paralysed mate sleeping pills, then held a pillow over his face.

For an offence to occur, the person has to actively do something to help the suicide - such as throw a rope over a tree and hold it steady.

The sentence for murder is up to life imprisonment which is a lot more than 14 years.

c'mon, since when has someone gotten life for murder...