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“Belgian euthanasia law allows first death of a prisoner”

A gravely ill prisoner serving a long jail sentence has become the first inmate to die under Belgian euthanasia laws introduced 10 years ago.  Last year, some 1133 cases — mostly for terminal cancer — were recorded, about one percent of all deaths in the country, according to official figures.

Medical Xpress
“Belgian euthanasia law allows first death of a prisoner”
September 13, 2012
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