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"MINNEAPOLIS - A nurse who authorities say got his kicks by visiting Internet suicide chat rooms and encouraging depressed people to kill themselves is under investigation in at least two deaths and could face criminal charges.
"Investigators said William Melchert-Dinkel, 47, feigned compassion for those he chatted with, while offering step-by-step instructions on how to take their lives."
This sicko bragged that his job as a nurse made him an expert on the most effective way to do it. He offered expert & techical advice & made suicide pacts with others he never intended to carry out himself. The Minnesota Board of Nursing has revoked his license.
This is a story to watch as it is unchartered territory. He can simply claim freedom of speech. Efforts to make it illegal to shout "Jump!" to someone on a bridge have not survived constitutional challenges.
"In obtaining the search warrant for Melchert-Dinkel's computer, Minnesota authorities cited a decades-old, rarely used state law that makes it a crime to encourage someone to commit suicide. The offense carries up to 15 years in prison.
"Task force spokesman Paul Schnell would not say when or if charges would be filed and stressed that the investigation is complicated because of the anonymity of Web chat rooms. He said the task force is also looking into whether Melchert-Dinkel was involved in other suicides."
Meanwhile he says "Nothing is going to come of it," (the allegations). "I've moved on with my life, and that's it."
What a jerk!!!!!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33349974/ns/us_news/
"Investigators said William Melchert-Dinkel, 47, feigned compassion for those he chatted with, while offering step-by-step instructions on how to take their lives."
This sicko bragged that his job as a nurse made him an expert on the most effective way to do it. He offered expert & techical advice & made suicide pacts with others he never intended to carry out himself. The Minnesota Board of Nursing has revoked his license.
This is a story to watch as it is unchartered territory. He can simply claim freedom of speech. Efforts to make it illegal to shout "Jump!" to someone on a bridge have not survived constitutional challenges.
"In obtaining the search warrant for Melchert-Dinkel's computer, Minnesota authorities cited a decades-old, rarely used state law that makes it a crime to encourage someone to commit suicide. The offense carries up to 15 years in prison.
"Task force spokesman Paul Schnell would not say when or if charges would be filed and stressed that the investigation is complicated because of the anonymity of Web chat rooms. He said the task force is also looking into whether Melchert-Dinkel was involved in other suicides."
Meanwhile he says "Nothing is going to come of it," (the allegations). "I've moved on with my life, and that's it."
What a jerk!!!!!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33349974/ns/us_news/