(720 ILCS 5/12-34.5) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-31)
Sec. 12-34.5. Inducement to commit suicide.
(a) A person commits inducement to commit suicide when he or she does either of the
following:
(1) Knowingly coerces another to commit suicide and |
| the other person commits or attempts to commit suicide as a direct result of the coercion, and he or she exercises substantial control over the other person through (i) control of the other person's physical location or circumstances; (ii) use of psychological pressure; or (iii) use of actual or ostensible religious, political, social, philosophical or other principles.
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(2) With knowledge that another person intends to
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| commit or attempt to commit suicide, intentionally (i) offers and provides the physical means by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide, or (ii) participates in a physical act by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide.
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For the purposes of
this Section, "attempts to commit suicide" means any act done with the intent
to
commit suicide and which constitutes a substantial step toward commission of
suicide.
(b) Sentence. Inducement to commit suicide under paragraph (a)(1) when
the other person
commits suicide as a direct result of the coercion is a Class 2 felony.
Inducement to commit suicide under paragraph (a)(2) when the other person
commits suicide as a direct result of the assistance provided is a Class 4
felony.
Inducement to commit suicide under paragraph (a)(1) when the other person
attempts to commit
suicide as a direct result of the coercion is a Class 3 felony.
Inducement to commit suicide under paragraph (a)(2) when the other person
attempts to commit suicide as a direct result of the assistance provided is a
Class A misdemeanor.
(c) The lawful compliance or a good-faith attempt at lawful compliance
with the Illinois Living Will Act, the Health Care Surrogate Act, or the Powers
of Attorney for Health Care Law is not inducement to commit suicide under
paragraph (a)(2) of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .)
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