THE PRICE OF MERCY, a fight for the right to die with dignity

214pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2022

Sean Davison is Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the University of the Western Cape. In 2010 he was arrested for murder in New Zealand for helping his terminally ill mother die and served five months house arrest. In 2012 he founded the pro-euthanasia organisation DignitySA. In 2018 he was arrested for murder for helping Dr Anrich Burger die. An additional two murders were added to the case and he faced a mandatory life prison sentence. He was found guilty and sentenced to three years house arrest.