41.   Under British law, those who assist suicides can be charged with manslaughter or murder.

42.   Assisting a suicide is a crime which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and police have launched an investigation into the circumstances of her death.

43.   Assisting a suicide is a crime which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

44.   Assisting a suicide is against the law in all Australian states and in Queensland the crime carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

45.   But the law stood in the way because assisting a suicide is a crime in all Australian States.

46.   The witnesses could be charged with assisting her suicide, which carries a sentence of up to life in prison.

47.   Last week, Kevorkian was charged in Bloomfield Township, a suburb of Detroit, on charges of assisting three suicides since June.