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Law lords to clarify rules on assisted suicide Keir Starmer QC is drawing up the guidelines after Law Lords backed multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy’s call for a policy statement on whether people who helped someone kill themselves should be... More ›

A private affair The law states that killing is a criminal act, and so is aiding and abetting people who kill themselves. Yet in cases of “assisted suicide” or “mercy killing”, those guilty of criminal behaviour are often not ... More ›

No jail time in Lodi assisted suicide case As punishment for helping her ailing brother commit suicide, Lodi’s June Hartley has to perform community service, pay a fine and spend time on probation under a judge’s sentence handed down Mond... More ›