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Extradition and suicide risk
Keith Rix 67

Extradition and suicide risk

byKeith Rix

 

Commentary

This case is important for two reasons. It illustrates that having “no control over actions” and “not making a rational decision" to end his life can be construed as satisfying Turner proposition 4. It makes clear that Turner proposition (4) is not directed at the general background or lead-up to a suicide attempt but is focused on the moment in time when suicide is attempted.

Learning points:

  • Whether or not a requested person has made a rational decision that he will take his own life if he is extradited is not the question posed by Turner. 

  • Turner proposition (4) is not directed at the general background or lead-up to a suicide attempt but is focused on the moment in time when suicide is attempted.

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