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Suicide and Line of Duty

The relationship between suicide and line of duty deaths, including the challenges of determining causation.

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Jan 12, 2026
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What legal and ethical issues arise when discussing methods of rapid suicide or homicide?

Discussing methods of rapid suicide or homicide raises a tight cluster of legal and ethical problems that intersect clinical duty, research governance, media responsibility and criminal law: professio...

Jan 10, 2026
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People living with chronic pain are two to three times more likely to die by suicide than those without pain.

The claim that people living with chronic pain are two to three times more likely to die by suicide than those without pain is broadly supported by the peer-reviewed literature: multiple reviews and c...

Jan 7, 2026

What criteria do courts and federal agencies use to determine whether a death is a 'line‑of‑duty' death related to Jan. 6?

Determinations that a death is “line‑of‑duty” hinge not on shorthand labels but on legal definitions, medical causation and administrative findings tying injury or trauma to the death — a process visi...

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