{"id":6027,"date":"2014-09-15T20:07:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T03:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6027"},"modified":"2018-03-08T13:26:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T21:26:11","slug":"murderer-in-non-capital-punishment-belgium-granted-request-to-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6027","title":{"rendered":"Murderer in non-capital punishment Belgium granted request to die"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u00a0Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Robert-Jan Bartunek<\/p>\n<p>BRUSSELS (Reuters) &#8211; A Belgian murderer and rapist serving a life sentence is to be allowed to have doctors end his life following a ground-breaking ruling under laws in Belgium permitting people to request euthanasia.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Van Den Bleeken had argued that he had no prospect of release since he could not overcome his violent sexual impulses and so he wanted to exercise his right to medically assisted suicide in order to end years of mental anguish. 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