consensual homicide (at the killer's suggestion)
Legal term for a killing where the victim consented, but the idea originated from the killer. Contrasts with 嘱託殺人, where the victim requested the killing.
See also: 嘱託殺人
Consensual homicide is distinguished from contract killing by the presence of the victim's consent.
In the trial, the boundary between consensual homicide and contract killing became a point of contention.