The French closer to legal euthanasia means?: the doctor freed after giving lethal injections

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The former French doctor Bayonne hospital Nicolas Bonnemaison (C), his wife Julie (L) and his lawyer Benoit New Zealand-Ader (C, the second plea in law) and Arnaud Dupiniksi (R), leaves the courthouse in Pau, Southwestern France, after being released from a 25. in June, the 2014The trial was very moved by the relatives of several patients, testifying in court, a medical defense. Bonnemaison, himself spoke about the six-minute final speech to say, "that is part of the obligation of the physician involved with patients at the end of it."

The jurors replied in the negative, thus clearing all 14 Bonnemaison costs, according to Le Monde. Lawyers in legal expenses emergency medical "put on his white jacket back again."

After the verdict, after four hours of deliberation following the announcement of the room cheered, smiling as his lawyer was hand-in-hand with the Bonnemaison, the AFP reported.

"This incident confirms the need to develop a legal framework," Stéphane Le Foll confirmed Government spokesman.

53-year-old doctor appeared in court over the deaths of seven terminally ill patients in 2010-11, and he admitted guilt.

"They haunt me day and night," the Bonnemaison said three years ago.

On Tuesday, the Advocate General asked for a suspended sentence of five years, taking into account that the accused "had acted sincerely."

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People dress as the character "Pierrot" traditionnal Theatre hold placards "Urgency is solidarity," because they take part in euthanasia demonstration by elderly and dependent people on 24 June 2014, the Trocadero Esplanade in Paris, also known as the human rights of the Parvis. Euthanasia, close to the Eiffel Tower is legal in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, but not in France. the 2005 law banning assisted suicide, Jean Leonetti, but confusion is still more passive forms of euthanasia legislation. François Hollande, President of the Forum was the promise of a new right-to-Die.

The trial at the end of the Leonetti's, the law gave the opportunity to question the Bonnemaison. Leonetti, who represents the center-right UMP party in the National Assembly, was the trial last week.

"No one wants to see Dr. Bonnemaison in prison. I said to the Court that, in my eyes, he was not the murderer. I see that these words were echoed by the Prosecutor. It means that we have him, "he said in France On Tuesday morning.

"At the same time, we need to ask: are we going to give doctors the right to administer a death in patients who have not asked for--without discussing with anyone? <...>Given the power of life and death for the medicine, which is already a very powerful? "he added.

The ruling follows the decision by the European Court of human rights, to continue the life of Vincent Lambert a quadriplegic in a vegetative state for six years and whose relatives may decide his fate. A day before, the French Supreme Administrative Court had ordered an unconscious man in the treatment was stopped.

At the same time, in England, to the Supreme Court to accept the ban on assisted suicide on Wednesday. Still, the judges ruled that the present law is in conflict with human rights legislation, which means it will soon be a legal debate.

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