News on Suicide

Assisted Suicide Network

2010-03-09T09:30:51Z

FILE - In a March 17, 2009 file photo, Thomas E. Goodwin, former president of the Final Exit Network, is pictured during an interview with The Associated Press, in Atlanta. A Georgia grand jury indicted Goodw...

Assisted suicide group preparing for Ga. trial

2010-03-10T07:30:25Z

<div id="subtitle">Leader of assisted suicide group says he is 'glad' case is moving toward a Ga. trial</div><div><p>The leader of an assisted suicide group charged with helping a 58-year-old Georgia man with cancer kill himself says he's looking forward to a trial that he hopes will validate the group's work.</p><p>Jerry Dincin says Tuesday that the F...

Assisted suicide network members indicted in Ga.

2010-03-09T12:17:28Z

<div><p>A grand jury indicted four members of an assisted suicide group Tuesday on charges they helped a 58-year-old man with cancer kill himself, clearing the way for a trial that could not only decide their fate but also help validate — or repudiate — their work.</p><p>Attorneys representing the Final Exit Network members say they are confident they will be exonerated if their case lands before a jury. ...

sparklehorse

2010-03-08T18:17:03Z

**file photo** Sparklehorse star Linkous commits suicide Story intro {SPARKLEHORSE} singer-songwriter {MARK LINKOUS} has committed suicide, according to the star's family. Story body The U.S. musician, who is thought to have been aged in his 40s, died on Saturday (06Mar10). No details about Linkous' death have been released, but his relatives have issued a statement claiming he took ...

A rare pact: Teens' double suicide rocks Pa. town

2010-03-04T16:16:45Z

<div><p>As the high-speed Acela train came thundering down the rails, a teenage girl screamed at her friends to get off the tracks.</p><p>But Gina Gentile and Vanessa Dorwart did not move. They hugged as the train bore down on them at speeds up to 110 mph, carrying out a suicide pact that the witness herself had backed out of only moments before.</p>...

New guidelines on assisted suicide

2010-02-26T02:16:13Z

<div><p>Prosecutors in England and Wales received fresh guidelines on assisted suicide to make it easier for them to decide whether to charge people who have helped sick loved ones to die.</p><p>However, mercy killers would still face the full force of the law, said Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions.</p><p>The new guidelines follow a legal rul...

DPP clarifies law on assisted suicide

2010-02-26T02:16:12Z

England clarifies law on assisted suicide

2010-02-25T19:16:52Z

British prosecutor clarifies law on assisted suicide

2010-02-25T08:15:15Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - British prosecutors weighing whether to take action against those who assist in the suicide of a terminally ill loved one should focus on the motivations of the suspect, according to new guidelines issued on Thursday.</p><p>The guidelines, which do not amount to a change in British law, stem from the case of Debbie Purdy, a w...

UK publishes new rules for assisted suicide

2010-02-25T08:00:25Z

<div id="subtitle">Britain's top prosecutor publishes new rules on what assisted suicide cases will land in court</div><div><p>New guidelines published Thursday offer people in England and Wales broad hints about how to help a gravely ill loved one end their life with minimal fear of prosecution.</p><p>Assisted suicide remains illegal, but Director of Public P...

County: NYer accused of murder tries jail suicide

2010-02-25T07:45:35Z

<div id="subtitle">NYer accused of strangling daughter at college attempts suicide in jail, county says</div><div><p>A Westchester County spokeswoman says a woman accused of strangling her daughter at a suburban New York college has apparently tried to kill herself in jail.</p><p>Spokeswoman Don...

New Guidelines on Assisted Suicide Released

2010-02-25T07:31:01Z

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 25: Keir Starmer QC, the director of public prosecutions, publishes his final guidelines on prosecutions for assisted suicide at the CPS at Ludgate Hill on February 25, 2010 in London, England. New guidlines released today by the Public Prosecution Service aimed to clarify the grounds for prosecution in relation to assisted suicide in the UK. (P...

BRITAIN ASSISTED SUICIDE

2010-02-25T06:46:01Z

Author Terry Pratchett stands outside the Houses of Parliament, London, after it was announced that new guidelines on assisting suicide will place closer scrutiny on the motivation of the suspect Thursday Feb. 25, 2010. New guidelines published by

UK publishes legal guidance on assisted suicide

2010-02-25T03:30:20Z

<div id="subtitle">Britain's top prosecutor publishes guidance on when to take assisted suicide cases to court</div><div><p>Britain's top prosecutor Thursday published guidelines on when officials should prosecute those who help others commit suicide, saying the motivation of those assisting will be the primary consideration.</p><p>Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer said the new guidelines d...

Police: Mother killed young daughter with overdose

2010-02-23T17:30:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Authorities: California mother killed young daughter with overdose before taking own life</div><div><p>Investigators believe a mother who was found dead along with her 6-year-old daughter fatally drugged the child before killing herself with an overdose in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said.</p><p>Autopsy results released Monday showed A...

Murder-suicide note by CA man was posted on Net

2010-02-22T12:21:38Z

<div id="subtitle">Murder-suicide note by Calif. man might have been posted on Facebook after his death</div><div><p>A California man who killed himself and his 9-month-old son in an apparent murder-suicide left dozens of angry, desperate messages to the boy's mother, including a lengthy suicide note and a memorial collage that appe...

Prostate cancer diagnosis raises risk of suicide

2010-02-22T12:31:57Z

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Being diagnosed with prostate cancer roughly doubles the risk of suicide or death from a heart attack, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, adding to the harm linked with diagnosis of this often slow-growing cancer.</p><p>A team at UK author calls for assisted suicide panel to permit Britons to kill themselves</div><div><p>Best-selling British fantasy author Terry Pratchett says he believes an assisted suicide panel should be set up to help Britons who want to kill themselves.</p><p>Pratch...

Ohio: Teen's suicide attempt ignored by guard

2010-02-22T19:27:58Z

<div id="subtitle">State report: Ohio juvenile prison guard ignored teen's suicide attempt by hanging in cell</div><div><p>An Ohio youth prison guard was fired and two others were disciplined after a teen offender's attempt to hang himself in a juvenile detention cell was ignored, according to an investigative report obtained by The A...

Police: Ky. census worker had told of suicide plan

2010-02-22T19:43:40Z

<div><p>An eastern Kentucky census worker found naked, bound and hanging from a tree had told a friend he intended to kill himself and that he had chosen the time, place and method to do it, police records show.</p><p>Those records about the death of Bill Sparkman were released Friday to