State: Nothing stopping DPP from issuing guidelines on assisted suicide

The State does not object to the Director of Public Prosecutions issuing guidelines on when assisted suicide cases will be prosecuted.

State: Nothing stopping DPP from issuing guidelines on assisted suicide

The State does not object to the Director of Public Prosecutions issuing guidelines on when assisted suicide cases will be prosecuted.

Lawyers for terminally ill woman Marie Fleming have told the High Court that the DPP should indicate whether there is a public interest against prosecution in a case of her kind.

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