Is all that is legal just, fair or even right?

Is it right to ask, "What would Jesus say?" Let's see what William would say.

Can you be charged with the homicide of someone who chooses to end their own life? Apparently you can.

This case raises the question of whether one man can be found guilty of homicide when a victim chooses to end his own life. Two men were driving in a car, the driver apparently was intoxicated. The car crashes causing a spinal injury to the passenger resulting in his being paralyzed from the neck down. Learning of his fate the quadriplegic choose to have the ventilator unplugged knowing he would die without it. Once unplugged, as expected he does die, resulting in the driver being charged with vehicular homicide. Could, would, should the jury convict of homicide knowing the victim chose to end his own life?

Man found guilty of vehicular homicide, AP through the Des Moines Register, October 24, 2010

That’s exactly what happened in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The car collision occurred back on October 5, 2009 on Highway 380 when the driver, who is said to have been intoxicated, lost control and hit a light pole. The passenger, a 32-year-old man from Hiawatha suffered a spinal cord injury and was rendered a quadriplegic. One week later the passenger chose to unplug the ventilator and end his life, which he accomplished. The driver was tried and the jury convicted him. Sentencing is set for December 17, 2010.

Right or wrong? Legal?

And in Milwaukee a man was sentenced to 9 years in prison for “scaring a woman to death”. Really I’m not kidding. The news report has this young man firing several gun shots into a home where a 58-year-old woman was sleeping. Apparently the bullets didn’t strike her, but she died from heart failure “caused by an emotional response to the shooting.” Are they serious? How can the prosecution prove beyond a reasonable doubt what was the state of mind a dead person just prior to their dying? Is this good prosecution; or is it a bloody miracle of fiction writing.

Legal? Is all that is legal, just and fair?

The law is a ass and all that is legal is not right or just ...