VES NSW article posted on Wednesday 25 February 2009
In the eyes of prosecutors, June Hartley is a killer. Her brother James, a Lodi blues musician severely disabled by a series of strokes in 2006, may have wanted to die. He may even have begged her to help him kill himself.
But if she helped him suffocate by helium last December, as police believe, his sister is liable under California law. So, in a rare move, prosecutors in San Joaquin County charged June Hartley on Friday with assisted suicide. If convicted, she could spend up to six years in prison. Read story...
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