The guy burns and seriously injures his daughter and we do everything we can to keep him alive despite his clearly expressed wishes. Elsewhere a woman goes into a coma and is starved to death on the flimsiest evidence of a desire to die. Obviously, reason and law are chucked in favor of the political winds. Perhaps, we should transfer this inmate to a hospice where he would be murdered for fun and profits.
The insurance and long-term care industry makes money when patients don't stay for a long time.
The incarceration industry makes money when felons stay for a long time.
It's all about money.