The doctor treating quadriplegic patient Vincent Lambert, 42, at the University Hospital in Reims, France is taking food and water away from him today, beginning the process of Lambert's death. The parents of mentally disabled patient Vincent Lambert, injured in a motorcycle accident in 2008, won a reprieve on May 20th hours after food and water was withdrawn.
That's when the Court of Appeals of Paris ruled to stop the killing until a UN panel could review Lambert's case.
But late last Friday (at 5pm) France's highest court, the Court of Cassation, overturned the lower court ruling.
On Monday, his mother, Viviane Lambert spoke before a UN human rights panel in Geneva, Switzerland on her son's case describing him as a "prisoner" being put to death "because of his cerebral disability".
Dr. Vincent Sanchez is in charge of the killing process and lawyers for Lambeert's parents say he will be prosecuted by them for murder if Lambert is put to death.
Link below:
VINCENT LAMBERT STORY JULY 1: MOTHER SPEAKS TO UN PANEL ON HUMAN RIGHT
