US EditionConvicted would-be Trump assassin asks to be imprisoned in state that authorizes assisted suicide
Ryan Routh asked to be imprisoned in one of 10 states or D.C. where assisted suicide is legal, citing suicidal intentions and a wish to aid prisoner exchanges.
- On Wednesday, Ryan Routh asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to be placed in a state where assisted suicide is legal, representing himself to plan for sentencing.
- After the guilty verdict last month, Ryan Routh tried to stab his neck with a pen in court and was restrained and escorted out in handcuffs.
- In filings he urged foreign governments to take him hostage for prisoner swaps, writing `Please trade me for one` and naming a Palestinian terrorist and a Ukrainian prisoner of war.
- The practice is legal in 10 states and Washington, D.C., and Ryan Routh previously sought placement in such jurisdictions months leading up to trial.
- Amid a pattern of unusual filings, court records reveal Ryan Routh proposed a round of golf to decide fate and compared President Donald Trump to baboons, later apologizing for `slight the species`.
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Attempted Trump Assassin Ryan Routh Makes Bizarre Prison Request
Should his request be granted? Would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh has requested the court to allow him to be imprisoned in a state that allows assisted suicide. Routh who previously attempted to stab himself in the neck with a pen in court after being found guilty on attempted assassination charges, requested the court to grant him to be in a state with assisted suicide because he is a “constant failure.” The Daily Caller provided further insigh…
Ryan Routh Seeks Move to State With Assisted Suicide
The man found guilty of plotting to kill President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago golf course last fall has asked a federal judge to move him to a state that permits assisted suicide, The Hill reported Thursday. Ryan Routh is being held in a Miami federal prison after being convicted in the failed attempt on Trump's life that was stopped by a Secret Service agent. Routh was found guilty in September on charges of attempting to assassinate a majo…
Convicted Would-Be Trump Assassin Requests That He Be Imprisoned In State That Allows Assisted Suicide
The Hill reports: The man convicted of attempting to assassinate President Trump while he golfed last year in South Florida asked a federal judge to recommend he be imprisoned in a state that authorizes assisted suicide. Ryan Routh, found guilty last month on all five counts he faced, told U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in …
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