He filmed how he helped his sick wife die and viralized the video | Chronic

Maria José Carrasco I had insisted with her husband, Ángel Hernándezit will help him to die. This Wednesday, her husband gave her the medicine that ended her suffering and her life in Madrid, Spain. In response to María José's request, Ángel had launched a campaign for the Spanish Congress to approve a law on euthanasia, but it did not succeed, so he made that decision.

By giving his last wishes to his wife, the man was arrested. In a video, Ángel Hernández said that his wife was asking for help to die. The day before, the woman, suffering from multiple sclerosis for 30 years, confirms that she wanted to commit suicide. "the earliest would be best"This is the dialogue they have maintained:

Angel: – Always with the idea that you want to kill yourself?

Maria Jose: – Yes

Angel: – Do you want to wait for something?

Maria Jose: – No

Angel: – Do you want this to happen already?

Maria Jose: – Yes

Angel: – Do you know that I have to help you?

Maria Jose: – Yes

Angel: – You know. You have asked me several times, several times. More than necessary. But of course, I was confident that euthanasia would be approved, but of course, once seen … Today, we are on April 2, 2019. You want and insist that you want kill you?

Maria Jose: – Yes.

Angel: – Let's see, do you want me to prepare it and do it tomorrow?

Maria Jose: – Yes

Angel: – Well, there is nothing left to discuss. I believe that…

Maria Jose.:- The earliest would be best.

After this conversation, which has been extended for a few minutes, Angel asks him to take a substance for his partner: the clip ends with the fact that he holds the hand of María José. Spanish police arrested him in Madrid.

Carrasco had suffered from multiple sclerosis for three decades and depended on her husband who had demanded that Congress pbad a law on euthanasia.

WHAT SAYS THE SPANISH PENAL CODE

Article 143 of the Penal Code, adopted in 1995, governs the initiation and cooperation of suicide. Its paragraph 4 is the one which, according to the lawyers, would be applicable in the case of Ángel Hernández and María José Carrasco: "Whoever provokes or cooperates actively with direct acts and necessary to the death of others, on request of that if the victim suffers from a serious illness that would necessarily lead to death, or which would produce serious and permanent hardships, will be punished with a penalty one or two degrees below that indicated in figures 2 and 3 of this article. "

Number 2 imposes a sentence of imprisonment of two to five years "on whoever cooperates with the acts necessary for the suicide of a person". According to lawyer José Antonio Martín Pallín, the penalty for lowering a grade would be between one and two years, but in this case "it is very clear that the sentence should be reduced by two degrees", he declares. it would be between six months and a year.