by INFORUM
Judge: Free speech no defense for urging suicide
March 16, 2011 at 4:12 am in INFORUM
FARIBAULT, Minn. Freedom of speech is no defense for a former nurse who engaged in “lethal advocacy” when he encouraged an English man and Canadian woman to kill themselves after searching for depressed people over the Internet, a Minnesota judge said in delivering a guilty verdict against the man. Continue Reading
This man is definitely mentally ill, and needs serious help.
On an aside, not justifying his actions, I believe in voluntary euthenasia and suicide should not be illegal. As a basic human right, every individual should be able to determine if the quality of their life is worth living and be allowed to end it if they deem it is not. If needed, they should be allowed assistance.
If our laws were so framed, this man would not be in court and wasting our tax dollars to keep him incarcerated.
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