A crime of compassion
A Miracle or a Murder In her essay “A Crime of Compassion,” Barbara Huttmann describes how a patient who suffers for a long period of time and has no chance of living should be able to choose between a suffering life or a peaceful death. An essay of love, dedication, moral values, and a nurse who loves her job and her patients. One of her patients, a young macho cop named Mac was diagnosed with cancer.