A mere legality

[Laurence Horn]

It may be a felony, but that doesn't means it's easy to prosecute.  I'm sure murder-suicide is a capital felony everywhere, but the same point applies.

LH

On Feb 20, 2012, at 9:59 AM, Charles C Doyle wrote:

> Isn't suicide a felony in one or more states (real or imaginary)?
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> Charlie
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> Where does it say you can't arrest a dead guy?
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> JL
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> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
>>> Maybe, but that way he'd have avoided arrest.
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>> An excellent point!
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