[I want the USA back]

The new defense: “I was just giving her assistance in dying.”
No dice. This cannot be allowed to stand. She’s not here to serve as a witness in this case!

Even if she has signed a document asking him to kill her, the murder would still be illegal.

It’s also wrong for a doctor to kill someone who requests it, even if there’s a law that “allows” it.

[eastforker]

Wrong according to whose standards? We don’t ask permission to come into this world, why should anyone have to ask permission to leave it.

[Teacher317]

It is an EXTREMELY slippery slope, and one that can be VERY EASILY abused and manipulated, on the most important human right of all, the Right to Live.

However, I firmly believe that this exception should be allowed in the courts, and that the Judges and the jurors in the community have the opportunity to weigh the merits of the claim. Hopefully, most of the time, they will see through the charlatans and the scammers, and also (as seems to be the case here) recognize the truly merciful acts of a 50-year devoted spouse.

There is no perfect answer, there is no law or rule that cannot be abused and manipulated, and there is no more important subject than life-vs-death. I feel like the law and the result here are both proper and correct.