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Commonwealth v. Carter and Legal Interpretations of Facilitated Suicide | Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
Elias Ghossoub, Jacqueline Landess and William J. Newman
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online December 2018, 46 (4) 521-531; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.003801-18
Dr. Ghossoub is a Fellow in the Forensic Psychiatry Division. Dr. Landess is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Dr. Newman is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO.
Facilitated Suicide Legislation in Each U.S. State and the District of Columbia
Alabama 22-8B Class C felony Up to 10 years in prison
Up to $15,000 in fines Specifically criminalizes physical facilitation by health care providers
Alaska 11.41.120 Manslaughter (class A felony) Up to 20 years in prison
Arizona 13-1103 Manslaughter (class 2 felony) Up to 12.5 years in prison Criminalizes strictly physical facilitation
Arkansas 5-10-104 Manslaughter (class C felony) Up to 10 years in prison
California 401 Felony Up to life imprisonment Specifically criminalizes advising and encouraging
Colorado 18-3-104 Manslaughter (Class 4 felony) Up to 6 years in prison
Up to $500,000 in fines Legalizes physician-assisted suicide
Connecticut 952.53a-54a Causing suicide: murder (class A felony) Up to life imprisonment
Up to $20,000 in fines Defines causation as through force, duress, or deception
952.53a-56 Assisting suicide: manslaughter (class C felony) Up to 10 years in prison
Up to $10,000 in fines Criminalizes causing or aiding by means other than force, duress, or deception
Delaware 632 Manslaughter (class B felony) Up to 25 years in prison
District of Columbia Common law Refers to “the crime of assisted suicide” in 7-651.13
Florida 782.08 Manslaughter (second degree felony) Up to 40 years in prison
Georgia 16-5-5 Felony Up to 10 years in prison Criminalizes strictly physical facilitation
Hawaii 707-702 Manslaughter (class A felony) Up to 20 years in prison
Idaho 18-4017 Felony Up to 5 years in prison Criminalizes strictly physical facilitation
Illinois 720 ILCS 5/12-34.5 Suicide (Class 2 felony) Up to 14 years in prison
Up to $50,000 in fines Specifically criminalizes physical and verbal coercion
Suicide (Class 4 felony) Up to 6 years in prison
Up to $50,000 in fines Criminalizes strictly physical facilitation
Attempted suicide (Class 3 felony) Up to 10 years in prison
Attempted suicide (Class A misdemeanor) Less than 1 year in prison
Up to $2,500 in fines Criminalizes strictly physical facilitation
Indiana 35-42-1-2 Causing suicide (level 3 felony) Up to 16 years in prison
Defines causation as through force, duress, or deception
35-42-1-2.5 Assisting suicide (level 5 felony) Up to 6 years in prison
Up to $10,000 in fines Criminalizes strictly physical facilitation
Iowa 707A.2 Class C felony Up to 10 years in prison
Up to $10,000 in fines Specifically criminalizes physical facilitation
Specifically criminalizes solicitation and incitement
Kansas 21-5407 Assisting suicide (level 3, person felony) Up to 100 years in prison
Up to $300,000 in fines Defines causation as through force or duress
Assisting suicide (level 9, person felony) Up to 13 years in prison
Up to $100,000 in fines Criminalizes strictly physical facilitation
Kentucky 216.302 Causing suicide (class C felony) Up to 10 years in prison
Up to $10,000 in fines Defines causation as through force or duress
Assisting suicide (class D felony) Up to 5 years in prison
Louisiana 14:32.12 N/A Up to 10 years in prison
Up to $10,000 in fines Specifically criminalizes advising and encouraging
Specifically criminalizes physical facilitation
Maine 17-A, 204 Class D crime Up to 364 days in prison
Up to $2,000 in fines Specifically criminalizes solicitation
Maryland Criminal law, 3-102 Felony Up to 1 year in prison
Up to $10,000 in fines Defines causation as through coercion, duress, or deception
Massachusetts Common law First- or second-degree murder Up to life imprisonment
Michigan 750.329a Felony Up to 5 years in prison
Specifically criminalizes helping in planning
Minnesota 609.215 Suicide Up to 15 years in prison
Attempted suicide Up to 7 years in prison
Mississippi 97-3-49 Felony Up to 10 years in prison
Up to $1,000 in fines Criminalizes assistance in any manner, including advising and encouraging
Missouri 565.023.1 Voluntary manslaughter (class B felony) Up to 15 years in prison
Montana 45-5-102 Assisting suicide (criminal homicide) Up to life imprisonment Although not clearly stated in the statute, assisting suicide is a homicide offense as per the Montana Criminal Law Commission*
45-5-105 Assisting attempted suicide Up to 10 years in prison
Up to $50,000 in fines Specifically criminalizes solicitation
Does not criminalize physician-assisted suicide
Nebraska 28-307 Class IV felony Up to 2 years in prison
Nevada Not addressed Specifies that it does not authorize “assisted suicide” in 449.670
New Hampshire 630:4 Causing suicide (class B felony) Up to 7 years in prison
Up to $4,000 in fines Specifically criminalizes solicitation
Otherwise (misdemeanor) Up to 1 year in jail
New Jersey 2C:11-6 Causing suicide (crime of the second degree) Up to 10 years in prison
Otherwise (crime of the fourth degree) Up to 18 months in prison
New Mexico 30-2-4 Fourth-degree felony Up to 18 months in prison
New York Penal law 125.15 Manslaughter in the second degree (class C felony) Up to 15 years in prison
Up to $15,000 in fines Punishable as murder (class A-I felony) if the person “causes or aids the suicide by the use of duress or deception”
Penal law 120.30 Promoting a suicide attempt (class E felony) Up to 4 years in prison
Up to $5,000 in fines Punishable as attempt to commit murder (class A-I felony) under penal law 120.35 if the person “causes or aids the suicide attempt by the use of duress or deception”
North Carolina Not addressed
North Dakota 12.1-16-04 Causing suicide (class AA felony) Up to life imprisonment Defines causation as through deception, coercion, or duress
Assisting suicide (class C felony) Up to 5 years in prison
Specifically criminalizes incitement and solicitation
Ohio 3795 Felony of the third degree Up to 60 months in prison
Up to $10,000 in fines Criminalizes strictly physical assistance
Oklahoma 21-813 Felony Up to 2 years in prison
Oregon 163.125 Manslaughter in the second degree (class B felony) Up to 10 years in prison Specifically criminalizes physical facilitation
163.193 Assisting another person to commit suicide (class B felony) Up to $250,000 in fines
Pennsylvania Title 18, 2505 Causing suicide (criminal homicide) Up to life imprisonment Qualifies as such if causation was through force, duress, or deception
Causing suicide (felony of the second degree) Up to 10 years in prison
Up to $25,000 in fines Qualifies as such if causation was through other means
Specifically criminalizes solicitation
Otherwise (misdemeanor of the second degree) Up to 2 years in prison
Up to $5,000 in fines Specifically criminalizes solicitation
Rhode Island 11-60 Felony Up to 10 years in prison
South Carolina 16-3-1090 Felony Up to 15 years in prison
Defines causation as through force or duress
South Dakota 22-16-37 Class 6 felony Up to 2 years in prison
Up to $4,000 in fines Criminalizes assistance in any manner, including advising and encouraging
Tennessee 39-13-216 Class D felony Up to 12 years in prison
Up to $5,000 in fines Criminalizes strictly physical facilitation
Texas Penal code 22.08 Causing suicide or serious bodily injury (state jail felony) Up to 2 years in jail
Up to $10,000 in fines Criminalizes facilitation and attempting to facilitate
Assisting suicide (class C misdemeanor) Up to $500 in fines
Utah 76-5-205 Manslaughter (felony of the second degree) Up to 15 years in prison
Vermont Common law Legalizes physician-assisted suicide
Virginia 8.01-622.1 Civil liability Liability for damages Punishes strictly physical facilitation
Washington 9A.36.060 Class C felony Up to 5 years in prison
Up to $10,000 in fines Legalizes physician-assisted suicide
West Virginia Common law Refers to “the crime of assisting suicide” in 16-30-14
Wisconsin 940.12 Class H felony Up to 6 years in prison
↵* As per the 2012 Annotations to the Montana Code Annotated by the Montana Legislative Services Division.
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Elias Ghossoub, Jacqueline Landess, William J. Newman
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online Dec 2018, 46 (4) 521-531; DOI: 10.29158/JAAPL.003801-18
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