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“Speaker’s NY death highlights assisted-suicide law”

A desperate man in debt enlisted a stranger to kill him and make his suicide look like a street crime so his survivors could collect millions in insurance money. The case has sparked a new debate. In the past, legal debate over the boundary between murder and assisting suicide has largely focused on cases involving medical professionals or relatives who help terminally ill people kill themselves.

“Speaker’s NY death highlights assisted-suicide law”
Associated Press
February 13, 2011
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