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Consensual homicide refers to a killing in which the victim wants to die.

The more common form is physician-assisted suicide, in which terminally ill people seek assistance from their doctors (or family members) to alleviate their suffering by ending their lives. This practice is legal in some jurisdictions, but remains controversial because of the legal, ethical and practical issues it raises. Dr. Jack Kevorkian is the most well-known advocate of this practice.

In 1996 a Maryland entrepreneur named Sharon Lopatka arranged for her own torture and strangulation over the Internet, and in 2001 German Armin Meiwes was found to have murdered and cannibalized an acquaintance. These two cases attracted considerable media attention. Both victims appear to have fully consented to their killings. Beyond their lurid sexual details, both cases introduce paradoxes about the respective responsibility of the parties, the legal differences between consensual homicide and suicide.

 See also

• euthanasia, or "mercy killing"
• "suicide by cop" or "victim-precipitated homicide", in which victims deliberately provoke a lethal response from law enforcement agents
• suicide
   
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