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French doctor Laurence Tramois (R) smiles with nurse Chantal Chanel (L) in Perigueux courtroom, southwestern France, March 15, 2007 at the end of their trial for euthanasia. A French court handed down a one-year suspended jail sentence on Thursday to a doctor who prescribed a fatal overdose to a terminally ill cancer patient.At the end of a trial that fuelled debate in France over rulings on helping people to die, the court found Laurence Tramois, 35, guilty of poisoning but cleared nurse Chantal Chanel, 40, who administered the fatal dose.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>> |