Assertion: suicide | /r/HasProperty | crime
Facets:
value: no longer
type: TEMPORAL
value: largely
type: DEGREE
value: in some parts of the world
type: LOCATION
value: still today
type: TEMPORAL
value: to counsel
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to incite
type: PURPOSE
value: to aid
type: PURPOSE
value: an act that precipitated
type: OTHER
value: in some locations
type: LOCATION
value: historically
type: TEMPORAL
value: until 1972
type: TEMPORAL
value: in canada
type: LOCATION
value: legally
type: MANNER
value: in most western countries
type: LOCATION
value: in 1993
type: TEMPORAL
value: under the indian penal code
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: David Hume denied that suicide was a crime as it affected no one and was potentially to the advantage of the individual.
text: Opponents of commit argue that it implies that suicide is criminal, sinful, or morally wrong.
text: Suicide is no crime under the Indian Penal Code.
text: Suicide in Ireland was de-criminalised in 1993, an act that precipitated Ireland’s suicide prevention activities
text: Suicide itself is not illegal in Romania, however encouraging or facilitating the suicide of another person is a criminal offense and is punishable by up to 7, 10 or 20 years in prison, depending on circumstances.
text: Prior to the late nineteenth century, suicide was legally defined as a criminal act in most Western countries.
text: Suicide was considered a criminal offence in Canada until 1972.
text: Historically, and still today in some locations, suicide is considered a criminal offense, a religious taboo, and, in some cases, an act of honor (e.g., kamikaze and suicide bombings).
text: No country in Europe currently considers suicide or attempted suicide to be a crime.
text: It however is a crime to counsel, incite, or aid and abet another in attempting to die by suicide, and the law explicitly allows any person to use "such force as may reasonably be necessary" to prevent another from taking their own life.
text: Suicide is a crime in some parts of the world.
text: In the Australian state of Victoria, while suicide itself is no longer a crime, a survivor of a suicide pact can be charged with manslaughter.
text: This is despite the fact that suicide is largely no longer a crime, and that, as noted suicidologist Samuel Wallace wrote, "all suicide is neither abhorrent nor not; insane or not; selfish or not; rational or not; justifiable or not.
text: David Hume denied that suicide was a crime as it affected no one and was potentially to the advantage of the individual.
text: Suicide is not a sin and is no longer a crime, so we should stop saying that people ‘commit’ suicide.