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Relatives who help terminally ill loved ones die ‘should not be charged with murder’

9 June 2009 · News

Relatives who help terminally ill loved ones die ‘should not be charged with murder’ Relatives who help their terminally ill loved ones to die as a “mercy killing” would be prosecuted for manslaughter not murder, under a proposed amendment to new legislation going through parliament.

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