[MRM]

Doesn't matter. Consent is no defense to murder. A guy in Minnesota tried that defense and got convicted of a lesser degree of murder. But a closer look at the case suggested his "mercy" killing wasn't so much mercy and was just him acting on his own in his own selfish interest. That's part of the problem with allowing assisted suicide. Who decides who lives and who dies and who is to know that the one doing the killing really had the consent of the one who died?

He should be convicted. His excuse is a question of mitigation, not innocence. He can tell his story to the judge to ask for a lighter sentence.