Or interim guidelines, really. Here they are. They seem very sensible to me, unsurprisingly, and make it admirably clear that they do not purport to “clarify the law”. The CPS is consulting on them until 16 December – read about the consultation and how to reply to it, here.
Carl Gardner2009-09-23T15:46:20+00:00
I am worried by the fact that “a severe and incurable physical disability” can weigh against prosecution, although it was obvious from the Daniel James case that the CPS takes this approach. However, assisted suicide for that reason would not have been allowed by the Falconer amendment and would not be lawful in Oregon. It also seems to be incredibly broad. Would being a spinal injury count? Or blindness?
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Keir Starmer is to be commended for putting these out to public consultation. I still think however that it really ought to be for Parliament to amend the law. No matter what they final document states there will be difficulties.