Posted in Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Aug 18th, 2007
The Register-Herald newspaper in Beckley, West Virginia, reported on 18 Aug 07:- Exoo to remain jailed in extradition case By Matthew Hill, Register-Herald Reporter A U.S. District Court magistrate judge Friday refrained from issuing a ruling in what he described as a “simply extraordinary†extradition case — that of George Exoo, the former Beckley Unitarian […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Aug 17th, 2007
Rev. George Exoo’s Extradition Verdict Delayed; Judge Deliberates Fine Points of International Extradition Law Beckley, West Virginia, USA Friday, August 17, 2007 After a lengthy presentation by lawyers prosecuting and defending The Reverend George David Exoo, a Unitarian minister, U.S. District Magistrate Judge R. Clarke VanDervort told all parties that it would take “at least […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Mercy Killing, People in the News, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance on Aug 10th, 2007
The American supermarket tabloid the GLOBE in its 13 August issue, claims that the evangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, who had advanced cancer, hastened her own end with heroin. The Globe’s lengthy story begins:- Tammy Faye Suicide Mystery – Did She Deliberately Overdose? THE tragic death of Tammy Faye Bakker Messner is shrouded in mystery — […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Aug 8th, 2007
DIGNITAS in Switzerland has not at all the same view as those who say that right-to-die-movement should not support suicide. If we admit what the Swiss Supreme Court has ruled on November 3, 2006, that the right to decide on moment and method of a person’s own death is a part of the Right to […]
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The Golden Gate Bridge operators in San Francisco have put up a web site to invite comments on the placement of a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge: www.ggbsuicidebarrier.org Some have commented that a suicide barrier should not be placed because, just as women have the right to decide if they should give birth, […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jul 30th, 2007
On Friday, July 27, The Reverend George David Exoo was moved to the South Central Regional Jail in Charleston, West Virginia. The Republic of Ireland is seeking to have Reverend Exoo extradited for providing compassionate care and spiritual comfort while witnessing the January 25, 2002 suicide of Rosemary Toole in Dublin, Ireland. Exoo is a […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jul 26th, 2007
THE GOLD STANDARD BOOK FOR CHOICES IN DYING IS NOW AVAILABLE TO VIEW ON YOUR COMPUTER Final Exit, Digital Edition 2007 (eBook PDF) The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying by Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society Revised 3rd edition in digital eBook PDF format Updated July 2007 eBook PDF • […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational) on Jul 20th, 2007
The Reverend George David Exoo, of Beckley, West Virginia, USA, is the first person ever arrested, jailed, and awaiting an extradition hearing for providing compassionate care and prayer while an Irish woman committed suicide in Dublin in 2002. His extradition court hearing is on August 17. The Rev. George David Exoo Prisoner # 5:07-MC-00059 Southern […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jul 19th, 2007
Books by Derek Humphry on euthanasia and assisted suicide have appeared around the world over the last 30 years:- ‘Final Exit’ has been published throughout the English-speaking world, also in Braille, and translated into these languages: 1. Spanish. 2. French. 3. German. 4. Italian. 5. Dutch. 6. Danish. 7. Portuguese. 8. Japanese. 9. Mandarin Chinese. […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jul 16th, 2007
On June 25, 2007, The Reverend George David Exoo, an ordained American minister and euthanasia activist, was arrested and jailed by U.S. authorities. He will face charges made against him by the Republic of Ireland for his compassionate presence at the suicide of Ms. Rosemary Toole, 48, in Dublin, Ireland. The extradition hearing is scheduled […]
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