my girlfreinds ex-husband shot himself and now 4 years later she is charged with complicity to commit murder. how can this happen. there is 1 other person that was there but she has turned against her and will not help with the case. how do they determin this charge, and how much time is given to this person charged with this?
2007-02-12 04:46:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Those are all questions that only a criminal attorey can answer accurately. You should seek a consultation to get your answers.
Sounds like a really crummy deal. I'm sorry for you.
2007-02-12 04:54:19 · answer #1 · answered by Starla_C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, a report will be completed (Attempted Suicide) that will reflect your intentions to kill yourself, and mention what action you took to try and commit the offense. Yes it is illegal to try and kill yourself, and you can be arrested for your own safety or the safety of others if you attempt to do so. But most are referred to counseling and Attempted murder falls no where in the equation. I have witnessed suicides and once they are committed the Judicial system is not in hurry to prosecute a corpse. Most are listed in a police report as a death investigation and changed in a follow up report to determine if natural, suicide, or murder once the investigation is completed. By the way, in most most cases if a person failed to commit suicide, they really weren't trying. They just want a little attention.
2016-05-24 01:09:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to agree to you getting a criminal attorney. Suicide is a crime in any state, however complicity to commit murder means you help somebody else kill some one. I don't know about your state but in Ohio if you help a person commit suicide that is what you are charged with it is called, "assisting suicide". Not complicity to commit Murder, If the death certificate reads "cause of death- Suicide". Then a person cannot be charged with murder or any of it's contituiates.
2007-02-16 04:09:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
WEll, I heard once that suicide is indeed a crime. So attemped suicide is punishable. Therefore, the complicity to commit the attempted suicide is a crime. Therefore, allowing an actual suicide to occur is a crime.
I didn't say I liked it, but it makes sense.
Good luck. The poor girl, and hey, the guy gets to be relieved.
Oh, yeah, well, that's kind of the point of why suicide is so bad.
The person is just peachy, and the rest of the world deals with the pain.
2007-02-12 04:56:00 · answer #4 · answered by starryeyed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋