Sheriff hits out over cell death
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A sheriff calls for the way prisoners are monitored by police to be improved after a death in custody.
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Fort Lauderdale, FL, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A Fort Lauderdale, Fla., man accused of killing a deputy sheriff and wounding another had listed &quot;hunting cops&quot; as one of his hobbies in a questionnaire.
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In 2001, the Netherlands became the first (only?) country in the west to permit "mercy killings". The law only allows such killings in very particular circumstances - a doctor can terminate the life of a person who was in great pain and had no hope of recovery. In addition, the law requires the informed consent of the patient.   A hospital in the Netherlands has asked to dispense with that annoying part about consent - and the equally annoying part about pain.
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The sheriff has asked a judge's permission to release the results of a state probe into allegations that Michael Jackson was "manhandled" by authorities after his arrest for investigation of child molestation.
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When Gov. Ernie Fletcher signed a death warrant for a convicted killer this month, he may have done more than start the clock ticking on an execution. Some say Fletcher, a doctor, may have put his medical license at risk.
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A policeman who collapsed after making an arrest died from natural causes, tests show.
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WASHINGTON - Seeking to void the nation&#39;s only right-to-die law, outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft asked the Supreme Court yesterday to give federal agents the authority to punish Oregon doctors who help their dying patients end their lives.
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A man serving a life sentence for robbing a drugstore has confessed to overpowering and fatally shooting a deputy who was taking him to court Wednesday, authorities said. It was the third shooting of a Broward County, Florida, sheriff's deputy in four months, and the second fatality.
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The government's shake-up of GP out-of-hours care has been criticised by an inquiry into a death of woman.
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Piergiorgio Welby is paralysed and speaks through a computer An Italian judge has rejected a request by a terminally ill man to have doctors switch off his life support machine.Comment
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Associated Press Writer - 10/12/04. SEATTLE - After eight days, Laura Hatch&#39;s family had almost given the 17-year-old up for dead, and sheriff&#39;s deputies had all but written her off as a runaway.
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Sonoma County sheriff&#39;s detectives are casting a wide net for anyone who was in or around Jenner about the time a young couple was shot to death on a beach while on a weekend getaway.
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Six people were killed in Bay County, Florida, and officials know that more people have died. Janice Gilley, a county commissioner in Escambia Countyâwhich includes Pensacolaâsaid an elderly couple refused
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Move follows series of suspicious deaths.
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Â· Warning follows death in custody of 15-year-oldÂ· Delay for general review would be 'unforgivable'
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Â· Grieving pair in emotional plea to culprit's family Â· Liverpool police hint that death linked to gang war
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A sheriff's supervisor considered withholding details about Mel Gibson's anti-Semitic rant from an arrest report but was eventually overrruled by a captain, a department watchdog said Thursday.