[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Interesting. Is the verbal urging of suicide a cause of his death? Is their a statute forbidding the verbal urging of suicide under penalty of imprisonment? What is the case law for any analogous facts? HMMM!>

Let's replace the action of suicide with another action, murder, and see if it changes things:

"Is the verbal urging of murder a cause of his death? Is there a statute forbidding the verbal urging of murder under the penalty of imprisonment?"

Yes, there is. Conspiracy if nothing else. Planning, urging, and manipulating someone into committing a crime is, in and of itself, criminal behavior. When a criminal action leads to a death, those involved can be charged in the death, even if they did not take direct action.

Think about the getaway driver at a bank robbery. If one of the robbers is killed, the driver can be charged with manslaughter or even murder.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Nice analogy but you did not answer my questions. You analogy fails as there are statutes against advocating murder. The statutes involve one person urging a second person to kill a third. That was not this situation.