William Melchert-Dinkel
Prosecutors: Encouraging Suicide Not Free Speech
Prosecutors say a former Minnesota nurse convicted of going online and encouraging two people to kill themselves was not exercising his right to free speech.
Ex-Nurse Wants Aiding-Suicide Conviction Reversed
An attorney for a former Minnesota nurse convicted of going online and encouraging two people to kill themselves says his client was merely supporting his alleged victims and had no influence on their actions.
State Supreme Court To Hear Assisted Suicide Case
The state’s highest court has agreed to hear the appeal of a former nurse whw was convicted of searching out suicidal people in online chat rooms and encouraging them to kill themselves.
Minn. Man Free Pending Appeal In Suicides Case
A former nurse convicted of searching out suicidal people in online chat rooms and encouraging them to kill themselves will remain free pending his appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Minn. Appeals Court Upholds Aiding Suicide Conviction
The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the convictions of a former nurse who hunted for suicidal people in online chat rooms and encouraged two to kill themselves, saying his actions were not protected speech.
Appeals Court Hears Ex-Nurse’s Aiding Suicide Case
The attorney for an ex-nurse who encouraged two depressed people to commit suicide told a Minnesota appellate court that the man’s conviction should be overturned on free-speech grounds.
Prosecutors: Speech Urging Suicide Isn’t Protected
Prosecutors in southern Minnesota say an ex-nurse was not participating in protected speech when he went online and encouraged two depressed people to kill themselves.
Ex-Nurse Appeals Encouraging Suicides Conviction
The attorney for an ex-nurse found guilty of encouraging two depressed people to commit suicide is asking the Minnesota Court of Appeals to overturn his conviction, saying his actions were constitutionally protected free speech.
Man Convicted Of Aiding Suicide Will Appeal
A former nurse from Minnesota who sought out depressed people online and was convicted of encouraging two to commit suicide has notified the court that he plans to appeal his conviction, his attorney said Wednesday.
Nurse Gets 360 Days In Jail For Aiding Suicides
A former Minnesota nurse convicted of aiding two suicides via online postings was sentenced to 360 days in jail Wednesday.
Man Convicted Of Aiding Suicides Faces Sentencing
A former Minnesota nurse convicted of aiding suicides by trolling Internet chat rooms and encouraging depressed people to kill themselves could see little or no time behind bars when he is sentenced Wednesday.
Sentencing Set For Man Who Encouraged Suicides
A sentencing date has been set in Minnesota for the former nurse who used the Internet to encourage two people to kill themselves.
Judge: Free Speech No Defense For Urging Suicide
Freedom of speech is no defense for a former nurse who engaged in “lethal advocacy” when he encouraged an English man and Canadian woman to kill themselves after searching for depressed people over the Internet, a Minnesota judge said in delivering a guilty verdict against the man.
Ex-Nurse To Appeal Aiding Suicides Conviction
A former nurse accused of seeking out depressed people online and encouraging two to kill themselves was found guilty Tuesday of aiding the suicides of an English man and Canadian woman.
Moms Hail Guilty Verdicts Against Minn. Ex-Nurse
Two mothers are welcoming the guilty verdicts against a Minnesota ex-nurse accused of seeking depressed people online and encouraging two people to kill themselves.
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