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To: AnAmericanMother

Death isn’t an experience you’ll miss out on if you don’t choose to do it now, rather than wait for later.

In the meantime, you might still be able to do some good, however small.


7 posted on 09/20/2009 11:26:12 AM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: CondorFlight
Very true. I've heard it said that suicide is a permanent solution for a temporary problem.

I was looking more at the legal aspect of this. The rider that 'influencing' will remain an offense is nothing but a fig leaf. There is no way that can be proved, at least not easily. It will wind up being like a will contest case where you're trying to prove 'undue influence' -- except it's a human life at stake instead of some furniture and life insurance proceeds.

I sat on an undue influence jury one time in probate court (why the lawyers would put another lawyer in the jury room is still a complete mystery to me). The evidence was all secondhand and conflicting, and it wound up being a judgment call based on the demeanor of the witnesses.

It's one thing to decide a fuzzy case like that when the burden of proof is merely "preponderance of the evidence" -- but in a criminal case, it's "beyond a reasonable doubt". It would be a rare case of "influence" that could meet the "reasonable doubt" standard.

It is absolutely horrifying to see how far the British Common Law has fallen, and how fast. The legal system that used to be the pride of the world and the guardian of the poor and helpless, is now helping greedy people kill their relatives. Sheesh!

8 posted on 09/20/2009 11:35:49 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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