I don't know if this has already been discussed here but I think a murderer and rapist sentenced to life imprisonment should not be allowed the right to die. He should have to live with himself for the rest of his natural life and not take the easy route to escaping justice.
Belgium along with Holland has one of the most open euthanasia policies in the world. You can choose to die if you have any one of a wide range of illnesses . There is no condition that prisoners can be treated any differently if they ask to die.
UK is totally different, Ian Brady has been pleading to be allowed to die by starving himself for years but he is forceably tube fed so as to keep him alive
If one allows euthanasia, then one should allow it for a criminal. At any rate I'm not sure I agree that his being a criminal, however vile a crime he committed, should make a difference.
no he should not be allowed to die. All choice should be taken away from him. I doubt his motivation for asking to be euthanized has anything to do with remorse, more likely he does not want to suffer the discomfort of spending the rest of his days imprisoned.
I think they should allow him to die when all his victims are no longer alive and no longer suffering, as they will continue to suffer from what he done to them, why shouldn't he suffer with them?
Talbot, you don't need to be terminally ill to qualify for euthanasia in Belgium. Examples are a deaf person who was fearful of going blind and a transsexual whose operation was botched. On average 5 people a day are euthanised.