I'm not sure what to think of this. Was this murder or assisted suicide or is there even a difference between the two?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293451,00.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293451,00.html
I'm not sure what to think of this. Was this murder or assisted suicide or is there even a difference between the two?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293451,00.html
I'm not sure what to think of this. Was this murder or assisted suicide or is there even a difference between the two?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293451,00.html
Assisted suicide only applies when the dying person asks someone to kill them, NOT when they take it upon themselves because the sick person is costing them too much money. This is murder just as if he had shot her.
I agree. The throwing over the balcony could have been trying to make it really look like a suicide and he had nothing to do with it all.
Maybe, except as soon as police got there, the first thing he said was "she didn't jump." So, it seems to me like he just wanted her gone, even if that meant he was going to the pokey.
Does anybody remember the Mercy Killing of Emily Gilbert by her husband Roswell? More of that story posted at this link. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1074767,00.html?promoid=googlep
Anyway, I think that in this case posted on this thread, that there was no doubt that health care was a major issue. Even with SSI and some medical benefits through that...their share of cost could have been the $700-$800 per week mentioned in the article. We don't know if the wife expressed a desire to be put out of her misery...she'd been quite ill for several years and weighed a mere 75 pounds!
IMO, I sure as heck can't see her asking to be thrown over the balcony... an overdose, maybe...
If you read the article posted on Steve's Crime blog about this (http://crimeblog.us/?p=528), you'll see her will to live in it...
Thanks for your post and the link. I still believe, that this man acted out of desperation. Part of me feels as if he also no longer wanted to see her suffer, not purely of financial concern.
I haven't read anything about this story that would cause me to agree. I'm sure he was desparate but she may not have been ready to die and he had no right to make that decision for her.
It's a shame because many of the drug companies will provide medications FREE to people who can't afford to buy them and don't have insurance.