Showing posts with label euthanasia defense. Show all posts
Showing posts with label euthanasia defense. Show all posts

Monday, June 27, 2011

"Euthanasia Defense" For Murder Comes to Russia


So the "euthanasia defense" is used again to disguise murder, this time in Russia.
Do Russians have a right for euthanasia?
Death is not the worst thing that can happen to a human being, Plato used to say. What can one do about a loved one who suffers from terrible pains and wants to die? Vyacheslav Demin, a 72-year-old man, a resident of Petrozavodsk, strangled his wife, but it was the last thing that the woman asked her husband to do for her. The court took this detail into consideration - the man was sentenced to four years in a tight security colony. more
 
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