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Legalities of suicide
Is suicide illegal in the UK?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Act_1961
http://www.statutelaw...tiveTextDocId=1132509
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Act_1961
http://www.statutelaw...tiveTextDocId=1132509
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Attempted suicide was illegal until 1961. One of the more notable people convicted of the offence was James Billington, an executioner in the 1920s who became unhinged after a controversial hanging and cut his throat. On sentencing him the judge laconically remarked that it was a good job that his aim was not as good as his drop.
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