A good or bad thing to do?

[IceNineKills]

2 days ago, an old man on my block 'killed' his wife. she was in terrible pain, being 78 herself and from what i've been told, she wanted to die to end the pain. her husband, 85 years old, suffocated her with a pillow to end her misery.

at the moment we're not sure if the 85 year old man is going to be charged with anything or do prison time.


was he in the right to do this, or the wrong? and would you put this man into prison?

Thread moved here by Bolt660 (Forum Moderator): From 'Discuss Anything' as its more suited here.

[OldLoveSong]

this would be good in debates thread, but idk. theres 2 sides to every story. On a personal level I believe it's non-ethical, was she hospitalized or did he just kill her at home?

[IceNineKills]

it was just at their home.

[Bails]

I think that the human race have a right to die, If the suffocation was at her own will, he shouldn't be charged?

[-:Undertaker:-]

If she wanted to die and consented then it's not the business of the state.

[buttons]

i think if she asked him to then yeah it's fine, don't think i could do it for someone no matter how much pain they were in or how much i cared about them though or say if someone did it for my family member or close friend i'd be really upset too and ask for the person who did it to be punished probably :/ its a tricky one

[Empired]

Don't think he should go to prison, but I don't think suffocating someone with a pillow is the nicest way to let someone go... :/

[Stephen]

maybe if she'd done a lovely goodbye recording of herself saying that she is happily letting her husband suffocate her

[Doughnut]

Gotta agree with Stephen ;P
There's no real way in knowing if she let him do it or not.

I mean, if there was a way to find out if she let him, I don't think he should be charged. But knowing our legal system, he will be.

[Martin]

I'm kind of split on this one. I think if you really love and care about someone, you would do anything to see them put out of their pain and would do your very best to respect their wishes etc and help them in any way you can. Not sure why he used a pillow though That must have been so hard for him to do!