August 10, 2024
History of First Sarco Candidate Raises Questions
According to the NZZ (newspaper) the 55-year-old American woman, who was the first to die in the suicide capsule, made serious accusations against the euthanasia organisation in a letter. Now documents show that she made the opposite statement shortly beforehand. Three weeks ago, Exit International and The Last Resort presented the Sarco suicide capsule to […]
August 9, 2024
Alabama settles lawsuit with death row inmate
The office of Alabama’s attorney general has settled a federal lawsuit filed by death row inmate Alan Miller over the state’s plan for him to become the second known person in the nation to be executed using nitrogen gas. The terms of the settlement are confidential and the inmate’s lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice, meaning […]
July 30, 2024
Suicide pod death called off at last minute
Suicide pod death called off at last minute as first person was set to die in machine A woman from the US, in her 50s, was scheduled to be the first person to use the Sarco pod The creator of a controversial ‘suicide pod’ which claims to painlessly end the life of the occupant at […]
July 28, 2024
Sean Davison Arrested in the UK
On the eve of taking up his new position as head of Pegasos Swiss Association in Switzerland (a fact unknown to Exit), former Exit Swiss program coordinator, Sean Davison, has been arrested at his home in Bournemouth in the UK. Sean has been charged with assisting with the suicide of a UK woman (name withheld) […]
July 28, 2024
The Sarco Project Timeline
The Evolution of a New Idea Sarco Project began back in 2012 when a lawyer in the UK asked Exit International Founder, Dr Philip Nitschke, if he could design a machine that could be used by Tony Nicklinson who was suffering from locked-in syndrome. Philip’s first machine ‘the Deliverance Machine’ that was used in Australia […]
July 28, 2024
Sth African euthanasia activist arrested again in UK
South African euthanasia activist Dr Sean Davison has been arrested for the third time on charges of assisted suicide, this time in the UK. Davison was arrested on 15 July after accompanying a 79-year-old English woman to the Pegasos clinic in Switzerland, where she was assisted in suicide at her request on 29 June. Professor […]
July 28, 2024
First Use of Sarco Aborted
In July 2024, The Last Resort withdrew access to the Sarco for ‘Person X’. Person X had previously been expected to be the first person to use the device. The anticipated Sarco death of Person X (a mid 50s woman from the US) on 17 July has been permanently postponed. This withdrawal followed increasing concerns […]
July 21, 2024
“Press Button To Die” Switzerland To Soon Use Portable Suicide Pods
The person wishing to die must first pass a psychiatric assessment of their mental capacity. Zurich, Switzerland An assisted dying group expects a portable suicide pod to be used for the first time in Switzerland, potentially within months, providing death without medical supervision, it said Wednesday. The space-age-looking Sarco capsule, first unveiled in 2019, replaces […]
