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June 13, 2017

The Big Sleep: the Rational Suicide of Scientists Pat & Peter Shaw

Sydney Morning Herald by Julia Medew

Scientists Pat and Peter Shaw died in a suicide pact in October.

Here, their daughters reflect on their parents’ plan – and their remarkable lives.

For as long as the blue-eyed Shaw sisters can remember, they knew that their parents planned to one day take their own lives.

It …

April 25, 2015

Gail O’Rorke acquitted on two of three charges against her

Connor Gallagher, The Irish Times

The jury in the trial of a woman accused of helping her friend take her own life has been ordered to find her not guilty on two of the three charges against her due to a lack of evidence.

Following legal argument at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Judge Patrick McCartan ordered the jury to acquit …