Euthanasia
            
             "No right is held more sacred, or is more carefully guarded, by the common law than the right of every individual to have possession and control of his own person, free from all restraint or interference of others...the right to one's person may be said to be a right of complete immunity: to be let alone" (Lessenbury 91). This being the case, why isn't euthanasia legal in the United States of America? Euthanasia involves a death or killing in the name of compassion and mercy that is intended to benefit the person who dies. The word euthanasia derives from the Greek for "good death" and originally referred to intentional mercy killing. Some may object to the idea of euthanasia on the grounds that it is immoral for a person to take his own life or another person's life. How is it possible for death to benefit the person that dies? It is possible to benefit a person if the patient has an advanced terminal illness, which is causing unbearable suffering or if the patient has a grave physical handicap that is so restricting that they cannot tolerate a limited existence. Yet, there are still people fighting over the right to choose when or how a terminally ill individual will die. The issues of ethics are not for society to decide; they are for the individual to decide. Therefore, euthanasia should be legal in the United States.
             Through the years there has been one man who has made public the issues of euthanasia. Doctor Jack Kerverokian, who assisted in over 130 acts of euthanasia that have been publicly recorded between the years of 1990-1998, is now known as Prisoner #284797 at the Southern Michigan Correctional Facility JMF. Kevorkian was sentenced to 10-25 years in prison for 2nd degree murder of ThomasYouk
             (Humphry 1). He also received 3-7 years for using a controlled substance. The sentences will be run concurrently. Derek Humphry, president of Euthanasia & Guidance Organization (ER...