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by falcolas 1817 days ago
And yet people have been convicted of murder for using similar techniques. There’s explicit examples in other comments to this article.

Intent matters.

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>And yet people have been convicted of murder for using similar techniques.

No they haven't.

>There’s explicit examples in other comments to this article.

No there isn't.

>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2765658

Completely different scenario that's not even closely related. This example involved an intimate partner that was on the phone with the victim when he was clearly in an altered state, instructing him to go back into harm's way to kill himself.

>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michelle-carter-found-g...

Literally the exact same case.

I'll say it again: there have been no cases that supports what happened being called "murder".