The court heard Hirst had been his 42-year-old wife's full-time carer after she lost both legs in a failed suicide attempt.

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The defense argued that it was a failed suicide attempt.

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Mr. Stringer, who is a candidate for city comptroller, issued an unusual news release about a failed suicide attempt after an individual leapt in front of an R train last weekend.

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He also prescribed temazepam to the woman on 1 December 2005 despite a suspected failed suicide attempt two days before.

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Rajoana was convicted of acting as a back-up suicide bomber should Singh have failed.

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She has attempted suicide 12 times and failed to hold down a job due to severe depression, her lawyers Irwin Mitchell added.

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She portrayed Smith as a woman so tormented by her failures in life that she even failed at her own suicide and jumped out of the car.

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