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Monthly Archive for December, 2010

Prosecutors easing up on assisted suicide charges

Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Dec 15th, 2010

The Mailonline in London reported 15 Dec 10: No charges in 20 assisted-suicide cases as public prosecution is accused of re-writing law By Steve Doughty The Director of Public Prosecutions [in England] has declined to bring charges against at least 20 people suspected of helping others to commit suicide, it was revealed yesterday. Keir Starmer […]

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Final Exit Network challenges Georgia’s assisted suicide law

Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death on Dec 14th, 2010

Courthouse news service for 14 Dec 10 reported: ATLANTA (CN) – A woman with Huntington’s disease and two members of the Final Exit Network challenged the constitutionality of Georgia’s in “Offering to Assist in Suicide Statute” in Federal Court. Pointing out that neither suicide nor attempted suicide are illegal in Georgia, they call the law […]

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