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A former nurse is to be sentenced in a Minnesota court today on a charge of assisting suicide and another of attempting to assist the suicide of a Carleton University student in 2008.
William Melchert-Dinkel, 52, has admitted to going online and encouraging two people to kill themselves.
He was convicted on those counts in September after the Supreme Court changed the state’s assisted suicide law and reversed his prior convictions in the two deaths.
Last month, County District Judge Thomas Neuville found that the state proved that Melchert-Dinkel, 52, of Faribault, assisted in the 2005 suicide of Mark Drybrough, 32, of Coventry, England.
He said the state failed to prove Melchert-Dinkel ‘s assistance was a direct cause of the suicide in 2008 of Nadia Kajouji, 18, of Brampton, Ont., but found him guilty on a lesser charge of attempting to help her take her life. Kajouji was studying at Carleton University at the time.
Melchert-Dinkel’s attorney plans to appeal the latest convictions.
Among other things, the lawyers say says he would’ve used a different defence if the case was originally filed under the law as it now stands. Under current law, it’s illegal to assist a suicide, but not illegal to encourage suicide.
With files from Associated Press
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William Melchert-Dinkel, 52, has admitted to going online and encouraging two people to kill themselves.
He was convicted on those counts in September after the Supreme Court changed the state’s assisted suicide law and reversed his prior convictions in the two deaths.
Last month, County District Judge Thomas Neuville found that the state proved that Melchert-Dinkel, 52, of Faribault, assisted in the 2005 suicide of Mark Drybrough, 32, of Coventry, England.
He said the state failed to prove Melchert-Dinkel ‘s assistance was a direct cause of the suicide in 2008 of Nadia Kajouji, 18, of Brampton, Ont., but found him guilty on a lesser charge of attempting to help her take her life. Kajouji was studying at Carleton University at the time.
Melchert-Dinkel’s attorney plans to appeal the latest convictions.
Among other things, the lawyers say says he would’ve used a different defence if the case was originally filed under the law as it now stands. Under current law, it’s illegal to assist a suicide, but not illegal to encourage suicide.
With files from Associated Press
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