Man who attempted to assinate President Trump wants assisted suicide.

Alex Schadenberg
Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Ryan Routh

The man who was convicted in the attempted assination of President Trump has asked to be incarcerated in a state that permits assisted suicide.

Elaine Mallon reported for the National News Desk that:

President Donald Trump's failed assassin Ryan Routh, who was convicted last month in federal court, is requesting to be imprisoned in a state which permits assisted suicide.

Routh represented himself during his trial in September. A jury quickly returned a guilty verdict on all five counts stemming from Routh's plot to assassinate then presidential candidate Trump while he played a round of golf at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida. The request by Routh comes ahead of his sentencing hearing scheduled for December 18. He faces a life sentence in prison.

“I would like to plan forward for sentencing and request kindly to be placed in a state that has assisted suicide since I am a constant failure,” Routh wrote. “I have yet been unable to obtain a list, but I hope someone can provide it.”

Routh alternatively requested to be included in a prisoner swap with Iran.

The assisted suicide lobby may argue that Routh wouldn't qualify for assisted suicide because he is not terminally ill and yet the assisted suicide lobby also counsels people to stop eating and drinking in order to qualify for assisted suicide.

Nonetheless, legalizing assisted suicide changes cultural attitudes towards life and death.