Inducing or assisting suicide

Legal defence in cases of inducing or assisting suicide

The offence of inducing or assisting suicide (Article 191 of the Criminal Code) is punishable, where suicide occurs, by imprisonment from 3 to 7 years. Where the victim is aged 13–18 or has diminished capacity to understand, the range is 5–10 years; for a child under 13 or a person unable to understand or control their conduct, it is 10–20 years and disqualification from certain rights. Exercising control or domination in an intimate relationship under paragraph (3¹) increases the limits by one quarter. If only an attempted suicide follows, the limits are halved, without any requirement for bodily injury. For the basic form, they become 1 year and 6 months–3 years and 6 months. A criminal defence lawyer can examine from the outset the connection between the alleged conduct, intent and the outcome.

Analysis of digital evidence and defence strategies

The central element of defence in these complex cases is rigorous assessment of technical and online evidence. Prosecutors most often base their allegations on text messages, emails, social media conversation histories or statements from witnesses close to the victim. The legal strategy focuses on showing that the client’s acts were not the direct and determining cause of the victim’s act, or that there was no intent to bring about such an outcome. By challenging post-mortem psychological expert reports and analysing the victim’s psychological context in detail, we can seek discontinuance during the investigation or acquittal at trial.

Urgent legal assistance in Focșani and Vrancea county

An allegation of inducing or assisting suicide places enormous media and social pressure on the person concerned. The law office of Lawyer Basuc Cosmin in Focșani handles the entire criminal process discreetly, professionally and firmly. We provide comprehensive assistance during interviews before investigators, request the taking of defence evidence and rigorously represent your interests before Vrancea Tribunal, seeking to ensure that no evidence interpreted speculatively by the prosecution escapes proper legal scrutiny.