He's out of time.
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He's out of time.
- Yes.
You invited yourself here to make a final stand. you invited youself to the wrong forum.
Our nation tolerates difference of opinions, because we have a civilized and non-violent way of resolving our conflicts. We have the means and methods to protest laws with which we disagree.
You can criticize the law, Lecture by the law, Speak to the media or petition voters, but you must always stay within the limits provided by the law.
You may not break the law, or take the law into your own hands.
No one's unmindful of the controversy and emotion that exists over end-of-life issues and pain control.
I assume the debate will continue in a calm and reasoned forum long after this trial.
And your activities have faded from the public memory.
But this trial was not about that controversy. This trial was about you, sir.
You've ignored and challenged the legislature and Supreme Court.
Moreover, you're defied your own medical profession.
This trail was about lawlessness, about you disregard for a society that exists and flourishes, because of the strength of our legal system.
No one is above the law.
You had the audacity to go on national television, show the world what you did, and dare the legal system to stop you.
You publicly and repeatedly announced your intentions to disregard the laws of Michigan.
Because of this, I am imposing the maximum sentence of 10 to 25 years.
You may now, sir, consider yourself stopped.
Euthanasia,与其相关联的关键词组是“Right to die”,翻译过来的意思是“死的权利”。通常情况下,安乐死的条件至少有两条:第一,病人要求是在完全清醒、理性、不受干扰的情况下做出的;第二,死亡是“最佳选择”,以免绝症病人继续忍受病痛折磨。
这是真实事件改变,杰克•科沃基恩(Jack Koverkian),生于1928年,美国医学家、画家、作曲家、演奏家,可谓多才多艺,然而令他毕生出名、轰动世界的,是作为医生协助至少130个病人实施安乐死,并不遗余力地推动安乐死在全美合法化。杰克的名言是:“死不是罪过。”(Dying is not a crime.)
kevorkian医生所以在古稀高龄入狱8年并非因其此前协助130多名病人自杀,而是因他刻意挑战了美国法律。在最终使其获刑的案例中,kevorkian医生是亲手先给病人注射完安眠药待病人失去知觉后再直接注射致死药物,因而这个行为被定性为“安乐死”;而此前是医生利用装置由病人本人自己完成注射药物或释放毒气,因而那些案例被定性为“自杀”。区别在于法律本身,而情与法的界限被主审女法官最后陈辞点明。即以上一段英文。
4月24日,HBO播出了这部几乎完全忠实于真人真事的《死亡医生》,巴里•莱文森没有卖弄任何导演上的技巧,而只是从杰克的视角出发,不动声色地展现了这么多年他如一个孤独的战士般为安乐死肝脑涂地的过程。而古稀之年的阿尔•帕西诺则久违地光芒四射,异常锋利,以不老的演技战胜衰老的外表,令杰克医生的个人魅力或许甚至超过了现实真人版。
一直觉得阿尔帕西诺是一个了不起的演员,在这部影片中,他成功的演绎了一个可爱固执理智又理想主义的老头,他关怀每一个个体,同时又显得偏执,甚至到了最后只身直接去向体制挑衅。然而影片的最后并未把他塑造成一个独立特性的成功的人,他只是一个普通人,在争议中为个体带去了选择的权利,争议伴随他们一生,法律也给予他们制裁,但是,无论他人怎样看,他们激起的不同观点的碰撞本身就在推动着更多人思考这些禁忌的话题,这也是他们启蒙的价值,这也为今后的改变积蓄着令人充满信心的力量。
杰弗逊在《人权文件》里称,人人生而平等,造物者赋予他们若干不可剥夺的权利,其中包括生命权、自由权和追求幸福的权利。