Germany's highest criminal court issues a landmark ruling in favor of assisted suicide

In a landmark decision on assisted suicide, Germany's highest criminal court has ruled that cutting off a patient's life support is not a criminal offence if the dying person has expressed that wish. The decision by the Federal Court of Justice follows years of debate on the subject of euthanasia.Justices acquitted a lawyer who was convicted of attempted homicide for advising a woman to help her mother die.