…er Defense Calls It a Day Final Exit Network Murder Case Should Go to Jury Today From the last story, some definitions and omissions that the jury will have to struggle with: Deputy county attorney Patrick Johnson told the panel that the Final Exit defendants’ intent was clear. “We’re not talking about an ignorant organization,” the young prosecutor said. “They’re smart people. They know know, and they knew they were breaking the law…They knew ful…
…comment from a member of the nondisabled public who whose plans were interrupted by the shutdown of the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago: A blogger named Rudy hosts a blog that is titled the “Lager Beer Riot.” It’s explained on the blog: Know-Nothing Mayor of Chicago Levi (great nephew of Daniel) Boone incited the Lager Beer Riots of 1855 when, in a conscious attempt to curtail German immigrants’ ability to associate and organize, he prohibite…
…d in medical research today. Now, there is COVID-19, also known as coronavirus. What started as an outbreak has turned into a worldwide pandemic, with over one million Americans dead. The Black community, especially, is being ravaged by COVID-19. We are three times more likely to die from it, and four times more likely to be hospitalized for it. COVID 19 has laid bare racial disparities and disability discrimination in healthcare that leads to med…
…had no legal recourse. Our community came to fear hospitals and deeply mistrust doctors, particularly white or non-Blacks because we knew that at their hands, we would die or at the very least, suffer abuse. Today’s racial disparities in healthcare are a direct result of this history. Blacks are more likely to die from a heart attack or cardiac disease, yet we receive inferior care compared to whites. The stereotype that Blacks are closer to anima…
…o health care provider was present at the time of ingestion of the lethal drugs or at the time of death. So there is no independent witness to self-administration of the lethal drugs nor to consent at that time. Failure of “Safeguards” Terminal Illness Prognosis Many people are misdiagnosed. “Terminal” predictions are unreliable. Oregon model bills define “terminal” as “incurable” and “irreversible” even if that is based on non-treatment due to la…
