You don’t kill yourself because you are innocent.
> You don’t kill yourself because you are innocent.
What if you were innocent and disgraced, with no way to clear your name and everybody you ever cared about assuming your guilt?
I don’t think you can draw any conclusions on innocence-or-guilt based on the fellow’s suicide. Suicide is seldom as straightforward as that. And not everyone that commits suicide is “guilty” of something.
I agree with you. Suicide is the coward’s way out and a means to inflict more pain on others around you. I had a school teacher try to molest me once. Parents should always bear in mind that teachers have extraordinary access to children.
I will admit that I did not read the article so for all I know he may be obviously and blatantly guilty. Or maybe not.
But that has nothing to do with the point I wish to make here: If a man is merely accused of child molestation his life is over.
It does not matter if he is guilty or not. Once his name and face have been put on the front page his life will never return to what it was. His reputation is forever destroyed. He will without even being convicted be forever known as a child molester.
I can see where a man accused of child molestation may choose to kill himself even if he knows he is completely innocent. Killing oneself in such a circumstance is not evidence of guilt or innocence. It is merely evidence that the person knows their life is over.
A number of people kill themselves when they are shamed, shocked embarressed.