Pro-Deather Medicos Turned Back In Wisconsin

There’s been a largely behind-the-scenes effort to convince the Wisconsin Medical Society to change their position to accept assisted suicide as a medical treatment. This latest effort has been turned back, but I’m surer this isn’t the last we’ll hear of these pro-death efforts.

Doctor-Prescribed Suicide and the Wisconsin Medical Society

Proponents of doctor-prescribed suicide (also known as assisted suicide) have traveled a long road in attempts to legalize the practice in Wisconsin.   In seven consecutive legislative sessions, from 1997 to 2205, legislation was introduced in Wisconsin to legalize assisted suicide, but the bills gained no traction beyond a few public hearings.

Attention appears now to have turned to persuading the Wisconsin Medical Society (WMS) to change its position from one in opposition to legalization to one in support, or to at least be neutral. This is understandable because the opposition of state medical associations has been critical in turning back doctor-prescribed suicide initiatives across the land. The latest attempt to co-opt the WMS failed a week ago. more

Inmate Claiming Legit Assisted Suicide - Judge Didn't Buy It - Good!!

The yo-yo who helped his cellmate commit suicide and then claimed assisted suicide as a legal defense has been sentenced. The judge didn’t buy it. Good.

Inmate sentenced in assisted suicide case

JUNEAU — A judge has sentenced a Wisconsin inmate to 27 months in prison for helping his cellmate commit suicide last year.

During sentencing Friday, Dodge County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Bissonnette said he questioned whether 20-year-old Adam Peterson could have

succeeded in hanging himself without help from Joshua Walters. more

Wisconsin Case Recognizes Assisted Suicide For What It Is - Killing

Well, at least this Wisconsin judge followed the law in convicting an inmate of assisted suicide for helping his cellmate kill himself – in some other places in the US, and certainly in several countries in Europe, this guy would have been celebrated as “helping” his cell mate to a “dignified death.”

Judge sentences Wis. inmate for role in suicide

JUNEAU, Wis. — A Wisconsin inmate was sentenced to 27 months in prison Friday for assisted suicide after describing how he helped his cellmate, a killer, hang himself last year.

Joshua Walters, 21, said he agreed to help Adam Peterson take his life after hearing for weeks about how much he wanted to die. Peterson, 20, was facing life in prison on a first-degree intentional homicide charge in the 2008 stabbing death of Madison man Joel Marino. He felt horrible about killing Marino and for letting down his family, Walters said. more

Assisted Suicide In A Wisconsin Jail

It’ll be interesting to see how the pro-deathers spin this one. A man in a Wisconsin jail helped his cellmate to kill himself, and has been charged with assisted suicide. I’ll be my last dollar that they’ll find a way. I’ll keep you posted.

Assisted suicide case moves ahead

JUNEAU — There are a number of legal issues to untangle before a Dodge County jury hears opening arguments in the assisted suicide case against Joshua E. Walters in June — and virtually no case law or precedents to guide the proceedings.

“I’m told this is the only time (an assisted suicide) charge has been filed in the state of Wisconsin,” said Dodge County District Attorney Bill Bedker during a motion hearing Friday. more