When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.
My intent was to carry out my duty as a doctor, to end their suffering. Unfortunately, that entailed, in their cases, ending of the life.
This is not a trial. This is a lynching. There is no law.
There's no doubt I expect to die in prison.
What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.
There is nothing anyone can do anyway. The public has no power. The government knows I'm not a criminal. The parole board knows I'm not a criminal. The judge knows I'm not a criminal.
The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.
Look at the forces against me. They don't want me out. They're afraid I'll cause trouble if I get out.
First of all, do any of you here think it's a crime to help a suffering human end his agony? Any of you think it is? Say so right now. Well, then, what are we doing here?
Listen, when you take my liberty away, you've taken away more-something more precious than life. I mean, what good is a life without liberty? Huh? None.
Let's hope you feel better now.
It's the boredom that kills you. You read until you're tired of that. You do crossword puzzles until you're tired of that. This is torture. This is mental torture.
I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.