[at-l] RE: Suicide Penalty <OFF TOPIC>

[thornel at attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

There is a logic behind a penalty for attempted suicide. Often, the general 
public is endangered or severely inconvenienced. For instance, the driver 
who aims for a truck. The bridge jumper who stops traffic for hours as 
authorities attempt to save him. The building jumper who injures a fireman 
attempting to grab him. The children who witness or discover the shooting.

The penalty serves primarily to enforce continued treatment following the 
voluntary or involuntary hospitalization - assuming that the survivor has 
access to such care. Frequently, prosecution is pointless and abandoned.

OrangeBug