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Alex Mitchell

Bid for law change after sex offender's voluntary death

A convicted sex offender with terminal cancer was able to access voluntary assisted dying. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

A sexual assault victim has mounted a campaign to stop voluntary assisted dying in prison, feeling "robbed" her perpetrator died on his terms.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was permitted to die voluntarily because of a terminal cancer diagnosis, becoming the first prisoner in NSW to access the system.

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