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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Amy-Clare Martin

Former chief prosecutor urges parliament to ‘finish the job’ and legalise assisted dying

The country’s former top prosecutor has warned that the assisted dying ban is failing to protect vulnerable people as figures reveal the majority of cases are never scrutinised by the Crown Prosecution Service.

Sir Max Hill said that “large numbers of deaths occur behind closed doors with no foreknowledge by anybody and no post mortem scrutiny either”.

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