PREVENT SUICIDE (S 1109

By Bob Katzen This legislation would criminalize coerced suicide. The measure would impose up to a 5-year prison sentence on a person who has actual knowledge of another person’s suicidal ideation, and either coerces the other person to commit suicide, or provides the physical means, or knowledge of such means, to commit suicide.

“I filed this bill in honor of Conrad Roy, a young man who died after his girlfriend Michelle Carter relentlessly pressured him into taking his own life,” said sponsor Sen. Barry Finegold (D-Andover). “Conrad’s Law is a common-sense reform that has support from across the political spectrum. If passed, it will help save lives.”