A French doctor has been acquitted of poisoning charges after giving lethal injections to help seven of his terminally ill patients die. Lawyers for doctor Nicolas Bonnemaison hailed the decision, describing it as a "monumental verdict". Several relatives of the victims testified on the doctor's behalf. Earlier, the European Court of Human Rights overruled France's highest court and said that a man in a six-year coma must keep receiving medical treatment. It suspended the Council of State's earlier ruling in favour of ending life support...
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