(June 13, 2015 at 6:54 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(June 13, 2015 at 6:00 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: That seems like a great law. If someone screws up, the government helps them succeed!
(Or do you mean, that it is the penalty only for those who were successful in killing themselves?)
No, there was no penalty for merely attempting to off yourself. Those who succeeded were hanged post mortem as a warning to others that suicide was a mortal sin.
Boru
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."--Thomas Jefferson
