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Final Exit Network

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    St. Peters Man Acquitted of Assisted Suicide Charges

    image via​No, it's not the Final Exit Network, the assisted suicide group that has been in legal hot water since March of last year when several of its members were busted in a sting in Georgia. This case is much smaller. Jacob Runge, 22, of St. Peters was acquitted in a Clayton courtroom yes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    A Year After Arrests, Final Exit Network to Go to Trial

    ​In February 2009, the four members of the Final Exit Network were arrested on charges of helping a Georgia man end his life. Yesterday, after more than a year of waiting, the four were finally indicted by a Georgia grand jury. They will be arraigned April 1.Jerry Dincin, Final Exit's president, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Of Pickup Artists and Final Exits: Eric Weber Publishes Short Story

    cortlandreview.comWeber.​In an unlikely convergence of RFT feature stories, reformed pickup artist turned filmmaker Eric Weber (who once neatly turned the tables during an Unreal interview) has just published a short story in the online literary magazine The Cortland Review about a suicide pact be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Final Exit Network Alive and Kicking

    ​When Riverfront Times reported on the suicide assistance group the Final Exit Network back in April, the group's future looked grim. Seven members in Arizona and Georgia had been arrested and charged with assisting a suicide and violating Georgia's RICO racketeering laws and a Georgia court had f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Death of British Conductor Raises Further Questions About Assisted Suicide

    flickr.com/photos/alexfilesThe news came from England yesterday that orchestra conductor Sir Edward Downes, 85, and his wife Joan, 74, committed suicide together last week in Switzerland with the aid of a right-to-die organization called Dignitas.Lady Downes was terminally ill and in the last stages ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Final Exit Network Not Dead Yet

    The Final Exit Network, the subject of two lawsuits, an FBI investigation and, incidentally, an RFT feature, should, technically, be out of business after a Georgia court froze its assets last March.But the group has found a way to soldier on.Writes board member Bob Levine in an e-mail newsletter:Yo ... More >>

  • News

    April 22, 2009

    RFT readers are worked up over Sylvester Brown's ouster as Post-Dispatch columnist and the Final Exit Network

    The Final Exit Network, the subject of two lawsuits, an FBI investigation and, incidentally, an RFT feature, should, technically, be out of business after a Georgia court froze its assets last March.But the group has found a way to soldier on.Writes board member Bob Levine in an e-mail newsletter:Yo ... More >>

  • News

    April 15, 2009

    Viva la Vida: Readers question our ethics and our stance on El Borracho

    The Final Exit Network, the subject of two lawsuits, an FBI investigation and, incidentally, an RFT feature, should, technically, be out of business after a Georgia court froze its assets last March.But the group has found a way to soldier on.Writes board member Bob Levine in an e-mail newsletter:Yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    This Week in RFT, April 8 - April 14

    Our feature story this week, "Death Watch," is a must-read for anyone who has wondered about assisted suicide, the changing ways in which it is practiced, and the ethical and moral questions it raises. This engrossing story by RFT writer Aimee Levitt focuses on the Final Exit Network, a ra ... More >>

  • News

    April 8, 2009

    Death Watch: Final Exit's clandestine ways have put the assisted-suicide network on life support

    Our feature story this week, "Death Watch," is a must-read for anyone who has wondered about assisted suicide, the changing ways in which it is practiced, and the ethical and moral questions it raises. This engrossing story by RFT writer Aimee Levitt focuses on the Final Exit Network, a ra ... More >>

  • News

    March 4, 2009

    Final Exit: Do Not Enter

    Our feature story this week, "Death Watch," is a must-read for anyone who has wondered about assisted suicide, the changing ways in which it is practiced, and the ethical and moral questions it raises. This engrossing story by RFT writer Aimee Levitt focuses on the Final Exit Network, a ra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    Assisted Suicide Ring Investigation Spreads to St. Louis

    Four members of the Final Exit Network, a volunteer organization which helps terminally-ill members "hasten their death," were arrested in Georgia and Maryland Wednesday on charges of helping a 58-year-old man commit suicide. Now authorities have search warrants to investigate members of the Final E ... More >>

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