Voluntary Requests, or Vulnerable Adults? A Critique of Criminal Sentencing in Assisted Suicide and ‘Mercy Killing’ Cases

euthanasia or mercy killing

suicide has been regarded as a great sin in different religions. since 1791, two years after the french revolution, the criminality of suicide was removed in france as people are regarded free which could decide about themselves. euthanasia or mercy killing is the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit. if death is not intended, it is no...

Euthanasia and assisted suicide: is mercy sufficient?

Defendant Physical Disability and Sentencing in Criminal Cases

Research has consistently produced evidence of negative attitudes toward persons with both physical and psychiatric disabilities [1-5]. In general, attitudes toward persons with physical disabilities are more positive than attitudes toward persons with psychiatric disabilities [6-8]. Forensic research tends to focus on individuals with psychiatric disabilities as perpetrators of crime [9-10] an...

Managed care, assisted suicide, and vulnerable populations.

Euthanasia, assisted suicide, and cessation of life support: Japan's policy, law, and an analysis of whistle blowing in two recent mercy killing cases.

Issues pertaining to euthanasia, assisted suicide, and cessation of life support continue to be a subject of worldwide interest. Euthanasia- particularly "active" euthanasia- is not considered legally or socially acceptable in most countries. In Japan, the first judgment of a case involving euthanasia took place in 1949. Since then there have been another five cases that reached the point of se...