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Atlanta Journal-Constitution Columnist Asks All the Wrong Questions About Lessons to be Learned from Final Exit Network

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…nd Washington would somehow eliminate the “need” for the death groupies at Final Exit Network. There’s a concept called “critical analysis” and if you try to apply the concept, Bookman’s suggestion shatters. As long as there is a system saying some people are “eligible” and some people “ineligible” for assistance in suicide, there will always be people who were denied “help” who feel they were entitled. And there will no doubt be members of Final…

Is Illinois next on the list for the multi-state investigation of Final Exit Network?

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The recent articles on the multi-state investigation of Final Exit Network (FEN) list nine states in the ongoing investigation: The GBI is now leading a wide-ranging investigation into the ring, which has led to raids in nine states. Authorities say they have searched 14 sites in Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado and Montana. It seems to me that there should be a tenth state on that list. That tenth state wou…

Final Exit Network Members Passing Off “Boilerplate” Op-eds As Original Work?

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The possibility that members of the Final Exit Network are passing off boilerplate op-eds as original work may seem trivial. After all, this is a group of people whose “hobby” – like bridge (see below for an explanation) – is to plan and preside over the deaths of multiple strangers. In spite of this (to put it mildly) creepy pastime, the FEN members are aggressively claiming the moral high ground. So, in terms of the ethical standards of FEN mem…

Minnesota: Grand Jury Issues 17-Count Indictment Against 4 Final Exit Network Members

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…announced Monday. The 17-count indictment charges the medical director of Final Exit Network, Lawrence Egbert of Baltimore, and three other officials with felony counts of assisting suicide and interference with a death scene, a gross misdemeanor. It also charged the New Jersey-based group in its corporate capacity. “This investigation and prosecution is not a politically motivated attack on the right-to-die movement,” Dakota County prosecutor Ja…

Breaking News: Four Final Exit Network Members Busted on “Conspiracy to Commit Murder” Charges in Arizona

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…ation into the death of Jana Van Voorhis, reports that four members of the Final Exit Network have been arrested. Van Voorhis had minor physical complaints, but had a long history of struggles with psychological and emotional issues. From the article: Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced a few minutes ago that investigators from his office have busted four people on murder charges in the 2005 “assisted suicide” death of a seriously men…