Arizona Daily Star: Derek Humphry and Columnist Push “New Frontier” on Assisted Suicide

November 4, 2013Arizona, assisted suicide, Derek Humphry, final exit network, george exoo, media coverage, media issues, Our News & Commentary Blog, suicide, suicide preventionArizona, assisted suicide, Derek Humphry, Final Exit Network, George Exoo, Jana Van Voorhis, media issues, suicide, suicide prevention, Tim StellerStephen Drake

…nt him links to articles and videos about the Final Exit Network, Humphry, Vanvoorhis, and some other material – much of which is used in the article. I also had my own reactions, which don’t appear in the article, but which I’ll add after discussing the article linked and excerpted below, along with some other thoughts. Steller’s column was published in the November 3rd edition of the Arizona Daily Star. From the column “Right-to-die advocate pus…

Final Exit Network Members Await Jury Decision in One State (AZ) and Lose Court Challenge in Another (GA)

April 20, 2011Arizona, assisted suicide, crime and punishment, cults, final exit network, Georgia, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…the Final Exit Network (FEN) relating to their roles in the death of Jana Van Voorhis is all but over – it’s all in the hands of the jury now after a roughly week-long trial at the Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona. The only ongoing press coverage of the trial has been published in the Phoenix New Times. Paul Rubin, writing the reports, has been covering the death of Jana Van Voorhis and the resulting criminal charges against four FEN mem…

Breaking News: Four Final Exit Network Members Busted on “Conspiracy to Commit Murder” Charges in Arizona

May 15, 2009assisted suicide, crime and punishment, final exit network, media coverage, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…e only newspaper to cover the initial investigation into the death of Jana Van Voorhis, reports that four members of the Final Exit Network have been arrested. Van Voorhis had minor physical complaints, but had a long history of struggles with psychological and emotional issues. From the article: Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced a few minutes ago that investigators from his office have busted four people on murder charges in the 20…

Arizona: Jury in Final Exit Network Trial Acquits One, Unable to Reach Verdict with Other

April 22, 2011Arizona, assisted suicide, court decisions, crime and punishment, final exit network, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…y to commit manslaughter by aiding suicide in the April 2007 death of Jana Van Voorhis, 58. But the jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision as to whether Franklin Langsner, 86, a retired college professor from Scottsdale, had committed manslaughter by aiding suicide as one of Van Voorhis’ “exit guides,” or whether he was guilty of conspiring with Egbert to help her kill herself. Langsner had no comment. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office…

John Kelly Gives His Take on the NDY Protest of the World Federation Conference

September 24, 2014Our News & Commentary BlogDiane Coleman

…tand theirs. She defended FEN’s assistance in the suicide of Arizonan Jana Van Voorhis, basically saying that Van Voorhis ‘s psychological suffering was real enough to warrant the organization’s assistance. (Jana Van Voorhis, a mentally ill woman without serious physical illness, was helped in killing herself by FEN volunteers, as documented by the PBS Frontline episode “The Suicide Plan”.) Before I came to Chicago, I submitted an op-ed piece to t…