Forden v. Joseph G.

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• holding in suicide pact case that although suicide and attempted suicide was common law crime, most states today attach no criminal liability to those who attempt suicide
• holding in suicide pact case that although suicide and attempted suicide was common law crime, most states today attach no criminal liability to those who attempt suicide
• predominant statutory scheme in the United States is to create a sui generis crime of aiding and abetting suicide which, in some states, is punishable as a unique type of manslaughter

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