William Hager could no longer afford the medicine for his wife's many painful illnesses, and she told him repeatedly she wanted to die. He shot her, then called the sheriff to arrest him.

I feel sorry for them both, but especially for him, since he may now have to spend years in prison.

I wonder if he considered bringing home something she could take to kill herself. That way, it would be clearly her act and her responsibility, and he would perhaps not face prison.

It would be so much better if Florida gave people in her situation the option to formally ask for a humane death. However, most such laws are limited to people with a terminal illness. The article does not say she had one; her future could have been many years of increasing pain.