British Law v American Law

[malaise]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/4350153.stm

This poor man would never have received a two year suspended sentence in the US.
One more Iraq victim. He'll be speaking live on Five Live in a few minutes.
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[gordonlamb]

1. That is so sad.

Such a sad story. i can't imagine having to go through that and make such a choice. Still, there have been, granted few and far between, cases in the US where such 'mercy killing' was deemed justifiable. Thus, no jail time or criminal record.

[malaise]

2. That's good to hear

Of course we only hear about those cases in the US where people are bawling for blood letting.