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Apparently the defense attorneys convinced the court the law, as written, violates free speech.

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They said the law punishes only those involved in assisted suicides if they speak publicly about it, but does nothing to block one from being carried out by others who stay silent.

Words fail me.

1 posted on 02/06/2012 8:12:18 AM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
Ga. Code § 16-5-5 (b) and (c)
Any person who publicly advertises, offers, or holds himself or herself out as offering that he or she will intentionally and actively assist another person in the
commission of suicide and commits any overt act to further that purpose is guilty of a felony….

Any person who knowingly and willfully commits any act which destroys the volition of another, such as fraudulent practices upon such person’s fears, affections, or sympathies; duress; or any undue influence whereby the will of one person is substituted for the wishes of another, and thereby intentionally causes or induces such other person to commit or attempt to commit suicide shall be guilty of a felony.


The Court might have it right in terms of the legalese. I am not a lawyer, but the law seems to address everything up to the assisted suicide and not the act itself.

If they go back to the drawing board, it should be stronger than “Don't ask, don't tell.”

2 posted on 02/06/2012 8:25:00 AM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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Our founding fathers fought and died so doctors could defy the Hippocratic oath, and so state legislators could be overturned by kangaroos in black robes.


3 posted on 02/06/2012 8:51:35 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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Our founding fathers fought and died so doctors could defy the Hippocratic oath, and so state legislators could be overturned by kangaroos in black robes.


4 posted on 02/06/2012 8:52:11 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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Our founding fathers fought and died so doctors could defy the Hippocratic oath, and so state legislators could be overturned by kangaroos in black robes.


5 posted on 02/06/2012 8:54:13 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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I am for assisted suicide.

However, the mechanisms of death should be created by Engineers, not MDs through Pharmacists


6 posted on 02/06/2012 8:58:09 AM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians)
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Georgia is now the same a Massachusetts.

LLS

7 posted on 02/06/2012 9:20:04 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (Hey repubic elite scumbags... jam mitt up your collective arses!)
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