Euthanasia Is Not Murder
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Debate continues over the issue of euthanasia because of the recent court
decision over Dr. Death. Kevorkian has been aquitted of murder in his assisted
suicide cases and the court has created precedent for the legalization of
selecting death. Euthanasia does take place and is selected voluntaril ....
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.... them. Frequently murder is painfuland the person
who is dying has not voluntarily decided to participate in his or her death. By
its nature, murder is death by violence at a time of the killer's rather than
nature's choosing.
Unlike murder, euthanasia is not an act of violence. In an editorial in
the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Dr. Eric Chevlen argues that patients, who are worn
down by pain, extensive testing, and depression, will be easily persuaded to
seek assisted suicide (11B). Fur ....
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