U.S. man convicted of encouraging suicides

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Source: CBC News

The former Minnesota nurse who targeted depressed people online, including Carleton University student Nadia Kajouji, has been found guilty of aiding two suicides.

William Melchert-Dinkel, 48, of Faribault, Minn., was charged in April with two counts of aiding suicide in the 2005 hanging death of Mark Drybrough, 32, of Coventry, England, and the March 2008 drowning of Kajouji, 18, of Brampton, Ont.

Melchert-Dinkel had declined a jury trial and left his fate to a judge in Minnesota. That judge issued his decision Tuesday.

Prosecutors say Melchert-Dinkel cruised chat rooms for depressed people, posed as a female nurse, feigned compassion, and entered fake suicide pacts or gave instructions on how they could kill themselves.

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Minnesota's aiding suicide law carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $30,000 fine.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/03/15/ottawa-kajouji-suicide.html

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Only THIRTY thousand in fines? How about 300 thousand?

[Kennah]

1. I really must start ...

... internalizing any thoughts I have directed at Teabaggers.