A French doctor who gave lethal injections to seven terminally ill patients was given a two-year suspended sentence on Saturday after being convicted on poisoning charges.
The lenient sentence, announced after nearly seven hours of jury deliberations, reflected public sympathy for Nicolas Bonnemaison, a 54-year-old former emergency room doctor, who remained impassive, with his head lowered, as the verdict and sentence were announced.
Relatives of his patients had testified in his favour and some were tearful but obviously relieved by the lenient sentence. He was acquitted by a lower court last year but stood trial again after prosecutors appealed. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11952971/French-euthanasia-doctor-gets-symbolic-suspended-sentence.html
Val says I am in favour of lethal injections to terminally ill patients, we are kind to dogs in this position why would we not be kind to other humans suffering with no chance of recovery?
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