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John David Moor (1947 – 14 October 2000) [1] [2] was a British general practitioner who was prosecuted in 1999 for the euthanasia of a patient. He was found not guilty but admitted in a press interview to having helped up to 300 people to die. [3] He was the first doctor in Britain to be tried solely for the mercy killing of a patient. [4 ...
Harold Frederick Shipman (14 January 1946 – 13 January 2004), known to acquaintances as Fred Shipman, was an English doctor in general practice and serial killer.He is considered to be one of the most prolific serial killers in modern history, with an estimated 284 victims over a period of roughly 30 years.
Michael Joseph Swango (born James Michael Swango, [1] October 21, 1954) is an American serial killer and physician who is estimated to have been involved in as many as 60 fatal poisonings of patients and colleagues in the United States and Zimbabwe, although he admitted to causing only four deaths.
R v Adams [1957] is an English case that established the principle of double effect applicable to doctors: that if a doctor "gave treatment to a seriously ill patient with the aim of relieving pain or distress, as a result of which that person's life was inadvertently shortened, the doctor was not guilty of murder" where a restoration to health is no longer possible.
Dance of Death (1938–2003) Professor John Hardy Marius Goring: Gerard Glaister: The Expert (1968–1976) Dr. Robert Asten: John S. Ragin: Glen A. Larson & Lou Shaw: Quincy, M.E. (1976–1983) Dr. Emily Hanover: Anita Gillette: Steve Greenberg & Aubrey Solomon Dr. R. Quincy: Jack Klugman: Glen A. Larson & Lou Shaw Daphne Matthews: Ridley Pearson
A court in India has convicted a man of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor - a crime that sparked nationwide outrage. Sanjay Roy, a hospital volunteer worker, was found guilty over the attack ...
William Mullins-Johnson of Sault Ste. Marie was found guilty of the first-degree murder of his niece, Valin Johnson, after a two-and-a-half week trial in September 1994. [9] He was convicted after a jury trial in which Smith's evidence played a major role in determining the time of death, the cause of death and whether the girl had been ...
Ryan was ultimately found guilty of “depraved heart murder,” a rare conviction prosecutors landed on by arguing he had shown "an extreme indifference" to her life, CBS News previously reported.