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''I was torn. My best friend needed me. But little did I know then what the consequences of helping her would be...''

In 2015, Gail O''Rorke stood trial on three counts of assisting in the suicide of her friend Bernadette Forde, who had taken her life in 2011 in the late stages of Multiple Sclerosis. Facing the possibility of fourteen years in prison for a crime she didn''t commit, Gail was also grieving for the friend she''d lost.
Here in Crime or Compassion? she takes us on the journey behind the events that led to her arrest: from her remarkable early years - growing up with an abusive father and her escape to a better life - to her enduring friendship with Bernadette and the highs and lows of caring for someone you love, to the moment she was arrested by Garda officers, signalling three of the worst years of her life.
This is a story of friendship and selflessness, of the rules of a society sometimes at odds with the nature of personal suffering, and a

Crime or Compassion

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      Publisher Hachette Books Ireland
      Published 2 February 2017
      ISBN-13 9781473649859
      978-1473649859
      ISBN-10 1473649854
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      Autobiography: adventurers and explorers Autobiography: general Autobiography: philosophy and social sciences

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''I was torn. My best friend needed me. But little did I know then what the consequences of helping her would be...''

      In 2015, Gail O''Rorke stood trial on three counts of assisting in the suicide of her friend Bernadette Forde, who had taken her life in 2011 in the late stages of Multiple Sclerosis. Facing the possibility of fourteen years in prison for a crime she didn''t commit, Gail was also grieving for the friend she''d lost.
      Here in Crime or Compassion? she takes us on the journey behind the events that led to her arrest: from her remarkable early years - growing up with an abusive father and her escape to a better life - to her enduring friendship with Bernadette and the highs and lows of caring for someone you love, to the moment she was arrested by Garda officers, signalling three of the worst years of her life.
      This is a story of friendship and selflessness, of the rules of a society sometimes at odds with the nature of personal suffering, and a

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