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chris_wot on April 13, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Inky the octopus breaks out of New Zealand aquariu...

In this case it's a mental disorder or illness and I'd consider it manslaughter.

Vaskivo on April 14, 2016 [–]

What about euthanasia?

Person A kills person B and B wants to be dead/killed.

chris_wot on April 14, 2016 | [–]

Well, I'm controversial with some - it's still against the law in many jurisdictions so it's murder. But I consider euthanasia to be hugely unethical, so I'd consider it manslaughter.

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