Current Canada Case Brings Memories Of Sue Rodriguez

The current Canadian court case seeking to legalize assisted suicide continues. Here's the judge who was involved in the ground-zero case 18 years ago, the case of Sue Rodriguez.

Haunting right-to-die case weighs on judges' minds, 18 years on

Major can still see the silent ranks of disabled people, their wheelchairs ringing the Supreme Court of Canada as a courtroom full of lawyers debated the assisted suicide law in 1993.

"It was a haunting type of case," said Mr. Major, who was the Supreme Court judge whose vote tipped the balance in a 5-4 decision affirming the law. more