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16 Oct 2014, 1:00 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
  Case in point:  William Melchert-Dinkel, who was just re-sentenced in Minnesota for preying upon suicidal people — encouraging two to take their lives. [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 7:34 am by admin
William Melchert-Dinkel, a former nurse from Fairbault, MN, has been found guilty on two counts of assisted suicide. [read post]
21 Feb 2011, 10:36 am by admin
Faribault Minnesota resident, William Melchert-Dinkel, is currently facing charges on two counts of assisted suicide that could land him in prison for 30 years. [read post]
21 Mar 2014, 6:00 am by Gerry W. Beyer
The Minnesota Supreme Court reversed the conviction of William Melchert Dinkel, former nurse; of helping two people, he met on the internet to commit suicide. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 10:53 am by Media Law Prof
Thomas Neuville will sentence William Melchert-Dinkel, who had argued that his online statements... [read post]
23 Apr 2014, 6:32 am by Venkat Balasubramani
This is a case involving some dark behavior by William Francis Melchert-Dinkel, who visited forums frequented by suicidal individuals and encouraged at least two people to commit suicide. [read post]
23 Apr 2010, 10:44 am by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) The Minneapolis Star Tribune: William Melchert-Dinkel, 47 .... was charged ... with two counts of aiding suicide.... [read post]
20 Mar 2014, 9:59 am by Peter Snyder
The court overturned the conviction of William Melchert-Dinkel, who was convicted in 2011 of two counts of aiding suicide, after a judge found he "intentionally advised and encouraged" two individuals, one in Canada and one England, to commit suicide. [read post]
21 Dec 2012, 8:58 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
 William Melchert-Dinkel is a former Minnesota nurse convicted of going online and encouraging two people to kill themselves. [read post]
25 Jul 2012, 6:53 am by Susan Brenner
  The case started in 2008 when Sergeant William Haider of the St. [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 5:58 am by Susan Brenner
I don’t know if you’re familiar with the ongoing prosecution of William Francis Melchert-Dinkel for allegedly advising and encouraging suicide in violation of Minnesota law. [read post]
20 Nov 2010, 3:55 am by SOIssues
Prosecutors say William Melchert-Dinkel, 48, of Faribault, posed as a young female nurse on the Internet and offered sympathy, emotional support and instructions on suicide methods to urge others to end their lives. [read post]
2 Nov 2019, 12:11 pm by Randall Hodgkinson
Brooke Dinkel, No. 113,705 (Saline)Direct appeal; RapeRichard Ney[Reversed/remanded; Rosen; June 12, 2020]Whether forcible rape requires proof of voluntary actState v. [read post]
4 Aug 2010, 5:27 am by Douglas Keene
” Turns out the alleged young woman was actually a middle-aged man (William F. [read post]
15 Apr 2014, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
”  The state supreme court, in analyzing the validity of the statute, under which William Francis Melchert-Dinkel was convicted, raises the question whether advising or encouraging or assisting suicide falls within one of the traditionally unprotected categories of speech, such as obscenity. [read post]
27 Feb 2020, 11:00 am by Eugene Volokh
" As a post-Williams Seventh Circuit opinion put it, citing Williams, "Speech integral to criminal conduct, such as fighting words, threats, and solicitations, remain categorically outside [the First Amendment's] protection. [read post]
18 Feb 2023, 9:45 am by Eugene Volokh
Williams, 553 U.S. 285 (2008), builds on this principle: "Offers to engage in illegal transactions are categorically excluded from First Amendment protection," id. at 297 (citing Giboney v. [read post]