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July 5, 2024
‘Tesla of euthanasia’ death capsule that kills in seconds
Tesla of euthanasia’ death capsule that kills occupant in seconds to be used for first time
The case fills with nitrogen to starve the occupant of oxygen, rendering the patient unconscious before they die – but the capsules have been criticised by pro-life campaigners
A ‘death capsule’ designed to carry out assisted suicides is due …
June 11, 2024
Execution by nitrogen hypoxia not headed for widespread adoption
Execution by nitrogen hypoxia not headed for widespread adoption as bills fall short and nitrogen producers object reports Dakin Andone at CNN with Micah Green/Reuters.
The day after Alabama carried out the first-known US execution using nitrogen gas, its attorney general sent a clear message to death penalty states that might want to follow suit: …
June 1, 2024
Alejandro Vasquez Indicted for Importing Suicide Drug
CHICAGO — A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted a Mexican resident on drug charges for allegedly illegally importing the drug pentobarbital into the United States from Mexico for use in committing suicide.
The indictment followed a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Chicago investigation.
A superseding indictment returned May 28 in U.S. District Court in Chicago …
May 12, 2024
New Update – Coming in June
Next month, Exit will provide an important update to the Lethal Salts chapter of the Peaceful Pill eHandbook Essentials.
The Update will explore:
- the topic of analogues – that is, what other types of salts can provide a peaceful and reliable death
- news on sources of sodium nitrite (given how difficult it has become
April 14, 2024
Belgium’s Cutting-Edge Debate
In Belgium this week, the Chairman of the health fund, Christian Mutual, Luc Van Gorp, has said that those who feel that their life is complete, should be able to end it.
In an interview with the Belgian newspaper, Nieuwsblad, Luc Van Gorp said that he wants people at the end of their lives to …
April 14, 2024
Sodium Nitrite Explainer Video
The month of April brings two new videos, recorded live at the 2024 Australian Workshop tour.
Following from the Nitrogen update on 1 April, there is a new update on Sodium Nitrite (15 April).
The most recent video sees Philip Nitschke explain the origins of this substance as an end of life alternative.
In the …
March 24, 2024
What I should have told Kenny – the first nitrogen hypoxia execution
The first execution of a prisoner, Kenny Smith, using nitrogen hypoxia, took place in the US state of Alabama on 25 Jan 2024. A few weeks earlier I had visited Holman prison to inspect the new equipment they planned to use, and met Kenny on death row with his lawyer Robert Grass. I gave evidence …
March 24, 2024
Nitrogen Hypoxia Explainer Video
The month of April brings two new videos, recorded live at the 2024 Australian Workshop tour.
Following from the Nitrogen update on 1 April, there is a new update on Sodium Nitrite (15 April).
The most recent video sees Philip Nitschke explain the origins of this substance as an end of life alternative.
In the …
March 2, 2024
Poison seller tied to suicide forum tracked down by BBC
By Angus Crawford and Tony Smith
A Ukrainian man selling a poison thought to be linked to at least 130 UK deaths has been identified by the BBC.
Leonid Zakutenko advertised his services on a website promoting suicide and he told an undercover reporter he sent five parcels a week to the UK.
He has …
February 29, 2024
March 2024 Essentials PPeH Update
Couples Going Together
The news in recent weeks of the ‘duo euthanasia’ of the former Dutch Prime Minister and his wife has generated a vast array of questions from Exit member couples about how they, too, could plan to die together.
For people who have been together for many years, it makes a lot of …
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