The right-to-die activist behind a new 'suicide capsule' says he rejects 'absurd' allegations that the U.S. woman who was said to be its first user may have actually been strangled.
A 'suicide pod' known as 'The Sarco' is seen in Rotterdam, Netherlands, July 8, 2024. GENEVA, Switzerland -- The right-to-die activist behind a new “suicide capsule” says he rejects “absurd” allegations that the U.S. woman who was said to be its first user may have actually been strangled.
Speaking to The Associated Press by phone, he said he felt compelled to speak out because Exit International was “desperate” about the plight of Willet, who could remain behind bars for weeks or months until a possible trial. “It is absurd because we’ve got film that the capsule wasn’t opened. She got in herself, pressed the button herself — and Florian rang the police” after she died, Nitschke said.Peter Sticher, the prosecutor for the northern Schaffhausen region who is leading the legal case, declined to comment in an email to the AP on Wednesday, citing an ongoing investigation.
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