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by dane-pgp 1470 days ago
You're right, that's a risk, but one could equally hypothesise that by punishing a bully the first time they cause a suicide, you prevent them from causing more (or deter them from causing one in the first place), leading to a net saving of lives.

Some might say that if someone is prepared to kill themselves to get revenge against their bullies, then such a spiteful person doesn't deserve to veto laws that could protect less spiteful people, but I think that would be a little too unsympathetic.