"Mercy" killing plan climbs out of the grave

"Murder could be graded into categories ranging from the most depraved to mercy killings as part of a full review of the law demanded today by government advisers," The Times reported on 6 Aug 2004.

"The Law Commission, the government's law reform adviser, says that a review is necessary because of the 'breadth and depth of discontent' with the present law."

The Daily Telegraph of 3 Sept 05 reported that "A devoted husband who admitted killing his terminally ill wife walked free from court after a judge described it as a 'mercy killing' . . . "He strangled her with a carrier bag and told paramedics that he 'held it there for five minutes' after she stopped breathing to make sure she was dead."