Say a person signs an agreement saying that the person has the authority to take his or her life. Does the executioner still get charged or is he or she off the hook?
Answer:
It is legal to sign such an agreement, but the contract itself cannot legally be acted upon. In other words, the agreement would not be legal.
Any contract that violates the law is necessarily null and void on that basis. In murder and aggravated assault, the state assumes a compelling interest in pursuing such cases--no private criminal charges need be filed for the state to take action.
sort of last will and testament but in the eyes of GOD, it will be very bad.
No. A private contract or agreement is void if it involves violating statutory law. For example, if A %26 B sign a contract where A sells 1 kilo of heroin to B for $5k, that contract is not legal and not enforceable. Same thing with homicide or any other illegal act.
if your talking just plain old murder, ya it would be conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree. If you are talking about euthansia with a terminally ill patient and you reside in any other state besides Oregon than that is also illegal.
It sounds like a conspiracy to commit murder, to me.
If you are talking about euthenasia, only a few states allow medically-assisted killings with consent. Ask Dr. Kervorkian.
The contract is probably illegal, and quite incriminating. I recommend not signing the document.
It's called euthanasia, and it's not legal in the United States and most other places (with the exception of Oregon, where it's legal in very limited circumstances).
no, it's not legal... the law supercedes any contracts signed by any two parties...
No, you legally you cannot consent to your own death, even if you're an adult and judged mentally competent.
Ethically? I think you should be able to consent to your own death. After all, you own your life. Anything two adults want to do to or for each other, as long as it's mutually agreed upon, should be legal. I guess this philosophical discussion is for another time and place .
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