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From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (gam)
Newsgroups: net.suicide
Subject: Re: Is suicide an attempt of murder?
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Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 03:34:03 EST
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> = Adolfo

> Although I wouldn't agree on punishing those that try and fail,
> I wonder if one of those crazy lawyers would. What does the law
> say? What do people do nowadays? What have they done in the past?

In this state (CA) suicide is a "crime" but I think that means that
if you don't succede you can be detained for 72hrs for psychiatric
examination (whether you want to or not).  It is not an arrest but
a mandatory detention.

Generally speaking, if a person demonstrates that they are a danger
to self or others, they can be so detained.
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Gordon A. Moffett		...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam