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Kentucky: Man Charged with Murder of Wife While Friends Suggest it Was a “Mercy Killing”

…. Here’s one of the most comprehensive news stories on the case from Wave3 News in Louisville, KY: ELIZABETHTOWN, KY (WAVE) – Was it assisted suicide or cold blooded murder? That’s the question Michele Daugherty’s friends have after the Noblesville, Indiana woman was found dead in an Elizabethtown, Kentucky hotel room. Now her husband is behind bars charged with murder, but some Indiana friends of the couple are wondering if what happened in Eliza…

Two recent cases show what it takes to screw up a “mercy killing” defense

…ylvania man last Friday was sentenced to 25 years in prison for repeatedly running her over on a rural road in northern Worcester County last August. More… From the beginning, Steven Molin did not deny running over his mother as many as three times, but claimed the incident was an accident, caused in part by a faulty passenger side door on the 2008 Chevy work truck damaged in a different accident earlier in the day. However, a Worcester County She…

Introducing “Life Support” – a blog by Laura Hershey (and a tribute to Barb Knowlen)

…sted a blog entry titled “Remembering Two More Heroes.” She opens with the news of the death of Paul Longmore, and provides links to tributes and information about his life. The bulk of her blog is given over to a tribute to Barb Knowlen, a long-time activist and advocate who died in late July. As Laura notes, very little attention has been paid to her passing. As I mentioned in my earlier post on Barb Knowlen, I knew her work, but had never met B…

NJ: “Suicide Prevention Expert” Judith Springer Says Final Exit Network OK as Long as it Just Helps “Elderly Folks”

…t’s a whole different issue to me.” Let me translate – Springer has just shrugged off any concern about any group that encourages and facilitates the suicides of “elderly folks” because it’s “different” than what she deals with. Last September, this blog declared that “Suicide Prevention Week” didn’t apply to old, ill and disabled people. We reached this conclusion by interpreting the persistent silence of suicide prevention organizations to the m…