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Man Ordered Held In Texas In Assisted Suicide Case
A U.S. magistrate in Texas Friday ordered a Las Vegas man held without bond in an assisted suicide case.
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McALLEN (May 22, 2009)--A Las Vegas man was ordered held without bond Friday for trying to smuggle the same type of animal tranquilizers into the country that he may have used hours earlier to help an Oregon woman commit suicide in a Mexican motel.
U.S. Magistrate Peter Ormsby said Jeff George Ostfeld was a danger to the community and would be held until his trial on drug smuggling charges that could bring as much as a 20-year sentence.
Ostfeld was arrested at the Progreso International Bridge Monday.
Mexican authorities are investigating the death of Jennifer Malone of Roseburg, Ore., who was found in a motel in Nuevo Progreso Monday.
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Posted by: Someone
Location: Near-Here
on May 24, 2009 at 11:57 AM
I'M STILL A FIRM BELIEVER IN 'DEATH WITH DIGNITY'. HERE IN THE UNITED STATES IT NEEDS TO BE LEGALIZED IN ALL STATES.
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Posted by: Choice is Theirs
Location: Tx
on May 22, 2009 at 03:48 PM
Some people have horrible diseases that the pain cannot be controlled. If this person wants to kill themselves...LET THEM Many people with cluster headaches commit suicide due to the fact that no matter what you do nothing will stop the intense pain.....Let them be to make their own decisions....let that man go home all he did was help a woman kill herself without having to shoot, stab, hang ect...she wanted to go easy and he helped
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Posted by: OK
Location: WACO
on May 22, 2009 at 02:21 PM
This is legal in Oregon and Washington. When is the rest of the country going to allows this "death with dignity" law to pass?
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