A Time to Die

"They did not hear a single thing I said."

5/23/96: Earley heads to the state Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on bills to legalize and to criminalize physician-assisted suicide. The latter, says Earley, is 'so contrary to the spirit and letter of human rights. . .so unsupported by evidence of necessity, so intemperate and harsh, that it is constitutionally invalid on its face.' Later, after the committee has voted 12 to 0 to outlaw such suicide, Earley will say: 'They did not hear a single thing I said.'
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