Obama's Grandmother Recovering; Georgia Court Overturns Assisted Suicide Restrictions – Video

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 10:17 am



06-02-2012 13:30 Sarah Obama, President Barack Obama's grandmother, is home recovering from an accident --- Police in the town of Kisumu say the 87-year-old was traveling to her home Saturday night, the driver lost control and the vehicle rolled into a ditch --- All five people in the car, including her two bodyguards, were taken to a hospital for treatment --- All were released with minor injuries ### On Monday, Georgia's top court struck down a state law that restricted assisted suicides, siding with four members of a suicide group who said the law violated their free speech rights --- The Georgia Supreme Court's unanimous ruling found that the law violates the free speech clauses of the US and Georgia constitution --- Defense attorneys said it means that four members of the Final Exit Network who were charged in February 2009 with helping a 58-year-old cancer-stricken man die will not have to stand trial --- Georgia law doesn't expressly forbid assisted suicide --- But lawmakers in 1994 adopted a law that bans people from publicly advertising suicide, hoping to prevent assisted suicide from the likes of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the late physician who sparked the national right-to-die debate --- The law makes it a felony for anyone who publicly advertises, offers or holds himself out as offering that he or she will intentionally and actively assist another person in the commission of suicide and commits any overt act to further that purpose --- State attorneys said the law doesn't infringe ...

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