CBS News Nightwatch - 1985-08-19
Channel: malgent
Uploaded:
Duration: PT7655S
Read a transcript preview of “CBS News Nightwatch - 1985-08-19” from malgent, uploaded on 2024-05-22.
Transcript preview
Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)
[0:50] [Music]
[1:13] 73-year-old Emily Gilbert was suffering
[1:15] from Alzheimer's disease and
[1:17] osteoporosis her husband of 51 years
[1:20] shot her to death their daughter called
[1:22] it the ultimate Act of Love Roswell
[1:25] Gilbert was convicted of murder
[1:27] three-year-old Joey Griffith was
[1:29] irreversal versely brain dead her father
[1:32] ended her life with two bullets he's
[1:34] been charged with first-degree murder
[1:36] good morning I'm Charley roseen
[1:37] Washington welcome to the CBS news
[1:39] nightwatch this morning a night match
[1:41] debate on mercy killing here's our
[1:43] resolution resolved mercy killing is the
[1:46] ultimate act of kindness relieving the
[1:48] pain of the terminally ill the law
[1:51] should allow for a mercy defense arguing
[1:53] in favor of the resolution Derek
[1:55] Humphrey executive director of the
[1:58] Hemlock Society
[2:00] in these times when we are seeing so
[2:01] many dangerous side effects of modern
[2:03] Medical Technology it ought to be
[2:05] everyone's right to get help with their
[2:07] dying from their doctor as to Mercy
[2:09] Killers the law should be changed to
[2:11] permit a plea of mercy and compassion in
[2:14] their defense arguing against the
[2:16] resolution James Bop general counsel of
[2:19] the national right to life committee
[2:22] mercy killing favors death for the
[2:24] elderly the sick and the disabled a just
[2:27] Society seeks to relieve the burden
[2:30] of those who are suffering not to
[2:32] eliminate those who are suffering
[2:35] burdens our Debaters will be back in
[2:37] just a few moments and a little later
[2:38] we'll give members of our studio
[2:40] audience a chance to have their say
[2:42] first we begin with a look at the latest
[2:44] news for t