Britain to clarify law on helping someone to commit suicide

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Britain will spell out this week under what circumstances a person will be prosecuted for helping someone to commit suicide, the senior prosecutor said on Sunday.

In July, Britain's highest court ruled that the government must clarify the law on assisted suicide after ruling in favour of a woman who wanted reassurances her husband would not be prosecuted if she went abroad to end her life.

The existing law says helping someone to commit suicide is a crime that carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

However, since 1992, about 100 British citizens have ended their lives at the Dignitas facility in Switzerland, where assisted suicide is legal, without their relatives being prosecuted.

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