Posted on 10/30/2025 12:47:19 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The man convicted of attempting to assassinate President Trump while he golfed last year in South Florida asked a federal judge to recommend he be imprisoned in a state that authorizes assisted suicide.
Ryan Routh, found guilty last month on all five counts he faced, told U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in a winding request that he is a “constant failure” and thus wishes to be placed in a prison facility where assisted suicide, often called medical aid in dying, is allowed.
He said he “still hold(s) out hope” that his life may be traded for American prisoners being held by a foreign adversary — a suggestion he made ahead of his trial and claimed he has made to “countless Ministry of Foreign Affairs” — but has found his requests to be “ineffective.”
“Trade me for a Palestinian prisoner in Israel to have my spot in Hawaii, or a POW of Ukraine suffering in Russia or any prisoner anywhere that is suffering,” Routh wrote. “I’m unaware of prisoners in Sudan, Haiti, Myanmar or all the other places of conflict but trade meanywhere (sic).”
“Do not let me take my own life and it have zero benefit for humanity or mankind,” he added.
Though judges may make nonbinding recommendations about where a defendant lands, the decision ultimately rests with the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Medical aid in dying is authorized in 11 states and Washington, D.C., according to Compassion & Choices, a nonprofit that works toward better care and increased options for the end of life. The states are California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state.
After the jury announced its guilty verdict against Routh on Sept. 23, he grabbed a pen and...
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Hey Ryan,
No.
He’s nuts, Jim.
Give him a cell mate named Charles Manson
Ryan Routh, cute guy...
Life without parole and assigned to a prison where he must be kept alive, and every effort made to do so until he dies naturally of old age. That would be a punishment worse than death for this man.
Nope, you need to live with that constant failure
With the judges that JoeBama gave us, one would let him out
....... Well ..... Technically, I suppose, a Firing Squad or Death by Lethal Injection could be considered Assisted Suicide!!
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“Do not let me take my own life and it have zero benefit for humanity or mankind,” he added. I don’t intend in to.
That’s absolutely right, N-O!
Given enough appeals. Fair enough. Immediate firing squad it is.
JoeBama judges have no jurisdiction over hell.
Never pander to a scoundrel. He gets nothing that he wants except more time in the shower with Bubba.
Hate to be cruel, but he is a malevolent failure, and will die the meaningless death he bargained for. He could try organ donation, though from the look of him, there’s not much value left.
Throw him a 6’ length of razor wire. And a stool.
I say hand him a pen, put him in the shower for easy clean-up, and let him stab himself in the neck. Save the taxpayers the cost of keeping him alive for 30-40 years.
Mental illness defined.
Tally-ho. Will do for sure.
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