3/19/2014, Law against ‘encouraging suicide’ is ruled unconstitutional

http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_25375844/law-against-encouraging-suicide-is-ruled-unconstitutional

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed the convictions of a former nurse accused of encouraging two people whom he met online to kill themselves…

Melchert-Dinkel, 51, was convicted on two counts of aiding suicide in the deaths of two people: Mark Drybrough, 32, of Coventry, England, who hanged himself in 2005; and Nadia Kajouji, 18, of Brampton, Ontario, who jumped into a frozen river in 2008…