“Melchert-Dinkel believes he has advised and encouraged approximately 5 persons to commit suicide via the Internet...” Sgt. Haider's affidavit says.*
He admitted using two e-mail addresses, falcongirl507@yahoo.com and li_dao05@yahoo.com, as well as the alias Cami, all “to advise, encourage and create suicide pacts, typically via hanging, with persons on Internet ... for the past four or five years,” it alleges.
How is this any different...
...from pushing somebody under a train?