The man who helped his wife commit suicide was released – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

Ángel Hernández, the man arrested for helping his terminally ill wife die, was released without precautionary measures after appearing before the judge, judicial sources said.

The prosecutor decided not to ask for any precautionary measures against those arrested. The judge therefore released him. An investigation into the crime of suicidal co-operation was made public, according to the same sources, who added that during the hearing he had admitted to helping his wife die

The arrest took place Wednesday afternoon in the residence of the couple, located in the street Federico Sainz de Robles, in the Madrilenian district of Moncloa-Aravaca, following the badisted suicide of Maria José Carrasco, sick three decades of sclerosis in plates and dependent on her husband. The couple recorded it in a video in which Maria José confirms her firm decision to die.

Article 143 of the Penal Code regulates suicide or co-operation with the suicide of other persons, with a range of sentences ranging from two to ten years in prison, although a reduction is provided for in case of express request of the from the government. victim and she had a serious illness.

The husband's letter

The man, who provided a substance to help his wife die – who was suffering from a terminal illness – indicated in a letter that his wife wanted to end his life and, given the inability to do so, -Even, it "more cure" than to help him fulfill his wish.

In a letter dated March 10 sent Thursday to the media by the right-to-die badociation, Ángel carefully explains the illness of his 61-year-old wife, who had been suffering from multiple sclerosis since 1989, accompanied by the disease. ;disabilities. 82% and had asked for help to die for years.

"This story will be over when María José, in her right to end her malvivir and using her freedom, decides to continue her suicide.It is obvious that the desire of María José to be realized must be helped, because of her incapacity to do it herself, and as it is constant in her to require this help, there will be no other way than to provide her with this help so that her desire is fulfilled ", said the husband.

In the letter, the man reports that the woman had several epidemics as a result of her illness, with a frequency of once or twice a year, an unstable gait, bladder and sometimes rectal incontinence and required Third party help with daily activities such as grooming, feeding or dressing. Defends that euthanasia is considered "a right of free choice of any person" with an irreversible illness that causes dependency and suffering that you do not want.

He wishes to point out that his wife has received palliative and "good quality" care, an badistance that he asks for from anyone who needs or claims it, but insists that "there must also be right to help with suicide when a person like María José ask ". "Palliative care is not an alternative to euthanasia, it must coexist and freely choose one of the two," the prisoner says.

Finally, the "negationists" of existence are directed towards this problem: "We would like them to be aware of the pain they cause to all those who, like Maria José and her family, suffer of his attitude ". In this sense, he emphasizes that "some legislators should evolve towards positions less opposed to euthanasia in order to avoid those who need to follow the same paths taken by María José and Ángel".