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KSA 021-054-0007 – Encouraging suicide | Kansas Law

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KSA 021-054-0007 – Encouraging suicide

Kansas Statutes Annotated § KSA 021-054-0007

Statute Summary

21-5407a.Encouraging suicide.(a) Encouraging suicide is knowingly encouraging another person to commit or attempt to commit suicide when the person knows that such other person has communicated a desire to commit suicide and such encouragement: (1) Is made proximate in time to the other person committing or attempting to commit suicide; and (2) substantially influences the other person's decision or methods used to commit or attempt to commit suicide. (1) Severity level 5, person felony if th

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