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“Assisted suicide or murder? Jury faces tough issues in grisly stabbing”

Nobody disputes that Kenneth Minor held the knife that ripped into the chest of Jeffry Locker in July 2009….During three days of jury selection, many potential jurors were disqualified when they said they could not convict a person who helped another commit suicide….There have been other cases of accused killers using “assisted suicide” as a defense, with varying degrees of success.

Los Angeles Times
“Assisted suicide or murder? Jury faces tough issues in grisly stabbing”
February 20, 2011
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