Self Inflicted Death Penalty

Maria Cramer has been covering the “Craigslist Killer" case for the Boston Globe. The accused, former Boston University medical student Philip Markoff, was found dead in his Boston cell Sunday morning... A year after he had been scheduled to be married and seven months before he was scheduled to go on trial for murdering an outcall masseuse/sex worker in a robbery gone bad at a Boston hotel.

Authorities point to Markoff's medical knowledge as critical in his method, but although the apparent jail cell suicide of the alleged “Craigslist Killer” seems clear cut, the death raises questions about the rate of inmate suicides in Massachusetts, which is eight times the national average.

Audio Embed: BBC, PRI & WBUR's Here & Now 8/16/10, Host: Robin Young.