"Keith Adam" <[email protected]> writes: > I asked my girlfriend's father who is a policeman in the UK the reason for > the criminality here... > > He believes it is because someone commiting suicide may put someone else's > life in danger e.g. car on a railway line.
Since the history of suicide being a criminal act goes back at least 1000 years, that is not a reasonable explanation. In any case, the charge of reckless endangerment (or the equivalent) is available for such cases. I doubt that a policeman is well acquainted with the entire history of the legal system in any case. Perry -- Perry E. Metzger [email protected]
