Mercy Killing

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Son Calls Three-Way Murder Suicide 'A Mercy Killing'

AP | TAMI ABDOLLAH | Posted 05.02.2013 | Los Angeles

HACIENDA HEIGHTS, Calif. — Every morning, Jim Crabtree said he would wake up, wash and dress his wife who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and...

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Getting the Freedom to Die

Roy Speckhardt | Posted 04.16.2013 | Politics

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If we as a country believe that people have personal autonomy over their own bodies, we should also recognize that it is everyone's independent choice as to when their life should end.

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MERCY KILL TRIAL: Man Pleads Not Guilty In Wife's ICU Shooting

AP | Posted 10.24.2012 | Crime

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AKRON, Ohio -- A man pleaded not guilty Friday to shooting his wife of 45 years in a hospital intensive care unit in what may have been a mercy killin...

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MERCY KILLING: Man Faces Murder Charges In Disabled Wife's Death

AP | Posted 08.21.2012 | Crime

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AKRON, Ohio -- A grand jury has indicted a man in the suspected mercy killing of his wife at a northeastern Ohio hospital. John Wise faces one count ...

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911 CALL: 'He Shot A Gun - In A Hospital'

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 10.07.2012 | Crime

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AKRON, Ohio — An Ohio man suspected of shooting his wife in the head in her hospital bed is scheduled for his first court appearance as police a...

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Did Husband Shoot Wife Of 45 Years Out Of Mercy?

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 10.06.2012 | Crime

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MASSILLON, Ohio — A woman whose husband of 45 years is accused of shooting her in the head in her hospital bed in a possible mercy killing had b...

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Thoughts On Mercy and Suicide

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 06.23.2012 | Religion

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When I think of mercy, I think of receiving undeserved or unmerited kindness or treatment. A merciful act is one that reconnects us to humankind -- reminds us that we belong.

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Man Who Allegedly Attacked Sick Mom With Machete Wanted 'No Suffering'

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 11.15.2011 | Weird News

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Authorities in Minnesota are investigating the Mother's Day death of Barbara Howard, a 68-year-old woman allegedly attacked by her machete-wielding so...

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New Orleans Coroner Rules Post-Katrina Death Unclassified

Sheri Fink | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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The Orleans Parish coroner concluded he couldn't determine the cause of death for Jannie Burgess, a patient in New Orleans who was repeatedly dosed with morphine after her hospital lost power in Katrina.

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