1. Assisted Suicide - The Sue Rodriguez Case
Introduction The Sue Rodriguez case documents a trial that to this day still effects the laws surrounding assisted suicide. ... Section 241 (b) of the Charter provides as follows, Everyone who (b) aids or abets a person to commit suicide, where suicide ensues or not, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years. ... He believed that the prohibition of suicide reflected the the fundamental values of society and was therefore not in violation. ... He believed that the prohibition of the assisted suicide did not fall under the definition of...
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