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    CAN YOU GO TO JAIL FOR TRYING TO KILL YOUR SELF?

    +1  Views: 1096 Answers: 15 Posted: 12 years ago
    carllong

    yes, you will go to jail if you fail! IT'S THE ONLY CRIME THAT IF YOU' TRY AND FAIL', YOU GO TO JAIL. IF YOU SUCCEEDE, YOU DONT NEED TO WORRY ABOUT JAIL.

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    Loaded question . Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem  . Protective custody is a certainty . Yes you will lose your freedom and the control of it. Why are you asking this question ? Do you need help ? Bill

    ClevelandRick

    Good answer bluesman.
    itsmee

    Umbriel: My mom had a stroke when she was young and overnight she turned into a "vegetable" everything had to be done for her. she had very good insurance and medicare but that didn't pay the bills. do you, taxpayer, resent paying for her existence? If you did, I wouldn't blame you. about the only thing she could say was "I want to die" It was the most difficult twenty years of my life ... and hers.
    FISH-O

    My sister attempted suicide and then succeeded...the pain is beyond anything anyone can imagine.
    itsmee

    fish girl ... when you speak of pain do you mean her pain or your pain?
    I would guess the pain of both of you.
    Bob/PKB

    itsmee: My thought about fish girl's comment is the pain for her sister is not something fish girl could imagine, but it apparently was intolerable enough for her to not want to continue living in this world. The pain fish girl may experience is that of loss of her sister. I think many of us who lose a close friend or relative to suicide feel pain in that "I should have known. I should have helped more. I should have....". I would not call it guilt; it is pain. Guilt would be UNlikely felt by one who goaded or tortured a person into suicide. (Think of the bullied young people who are committing suicides. Some are only in high school.)
    lambshank

    really go to gaol ! it isn't an offence here, it is a reportable incident but the the person is generally referred to counselling

    You sure can and they put you in mental lock-up and it's cold and miserable....

    In Australia,you are not put in jail,but you are put into a phsyciatric facility,there you will be assesed.You have to remain there until a magistrate deems you stable enough to leave.

    I believe it's classed as a misdemeanor rather than a felony.But if you don't succeed you will almost certainly be put into some kind of institution against your will.

    FISH-O

    You most certainly aren't put anywhere if you attempt to commit suicide in Canada. They give you a shrink that you can outsmart just by looking like a model when you walk through the door.

    My stepson committed suicide by hanging. . Its horrible. The survivors NEVER get over it. You always wonder. What could you have done to prevent it! Please seek help somewhere!

    Yes, you can, until you succeed.

    ITSME UMBRIEL : OH my God !!! I can only imagine !!! We all pay for so many things with our taxes ,no I would not mind paying for her . I dont care what tax money is spent on .  I believe many things and actions have more than one meaning and purpose . I find comfort in believing that as you give so shall you receive.   You are a person of immense strength and I am sure you have had many conversations with yourself about this matter. I yield to you. My words are meaningless as I have never lived this . Only one good thing about being broke is no one will ever care this much and the end will come shortly after the last dollar is extracted . May your exit from this world be so quick ,that you are speaking to God before the devil know you are gone .


     

    My sister commited suicide.  She was my best friend.  Just writing these words down is bringing a deep sadness to my very being.  I will never get over it and I will never stop missing her.  I cry every day over what she did.  I love my sister and ... please don't do this to your family or yourself.


    Please get help.  Talk to someone.  There are phone numbers for help lines ... see a doctor.


    You are a valuable person. 

    itsmee

    I'm sorry fish girl. i worked on a crisis line and i know they can help some people. good comment.

    everything I've read about suicide says it's painful - even a shot in the head. I actually know a man who shot himself in the head and survived. I suppose it was low powered gun.


    for more information: read "final exit" by derek humphrey


    People who try it and don't succeed are hospitalized.


    I think if you want to go, you should be able to go with dignity and after discussions with knowing doctors and psychologists. the black pill. 

    Your right , just trying to say its painful, not giving other ways. Alot of people are so distressed they wont feel pain.

    You really dont want to kill yourself, it would be extremely painful.


     

    Umbriel on this one you are ticking me off.

    sure enough no one has the right to take a life including your own..think about the mess you leave behind.

    itsmee

    I saw this movie called "the sunshine cleaners" the story was about two sisters who started a cleaning business to help out survivors of a suicide. excellent movie ... and kind.
    daren1

    yes i saw that movie it was surreal.

      I never heard of anybody going to jail for trying it ; although I think there's some old law on the books that says it's a crime. If you try it and fail,  people will help you to get the counceling you need.Sometime a doctor will prescribe a week or two on the psych ward in a hosp.. That's what they did for a nurse that I worked with and for my g.friend's husband. They do that to get you on the proper meds, and to get them adjusted. Please don't attempt suicide, b/c we are always here and we love you .And you have plenty of people in your life who love you. And suicide is very hard on your family members, ----especaily your children, if you have any, and your parents.

    Suicide is permanant. Our next door neighbour, committed suicide four months ago. It has caused his wife, son and mother untold misery. I'm sure he didn't think clearly before he did it.



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