Assisted suicide of 59-year-old Briton Craig Ewert sceduled to be shown on TV . The decision was made after the coroner ruled that he had not been given adequate time and space by his family before taking his own life. Assisted suicide is illegal in Britain and carries 14-year prison term . `` I think it 's reducing somebody 's death to a kind of reality show , a peep show . No one in the UK has been prosecuted under the 1961 Suicide Act .
Assisted suicide of 59-year-old Briton Craig Ewert sceduled to be shown on TV . The decision was made after the coroner ruled that he had not been given adequate time and space by his family before taking his own life. Assisted suicide is illegal in Britain and carries 14-year prison term . No one in the UK has been prosecuted under the 1961 Suicide Act .