<div id="subtitle">Best-selling UK author calls for assisted suicide panel to permit Britons to kill themselves</div><div><p>Best-selling British fantasy author Terry Pratchett says he believes an assisted suicide panel should be set up to help Britons who want to kill themselves.</p><p>Pratchett, one of the country's most-read writers, says his proposed panel would allow suicidal Britons to make their case for why they should be allowed to die.</p><p>The 61-year-old suffers from early-onset Alzheimer's and has advocated for assisted suicide in the past.</p><p>His comments — widely publicized Monday — come after two high-profile cases have reignited debate on the issue.</p><p>In one, a mother was convicted of murder for giving her brain-damaged son an overdose. In another, a mother was cleared of attempted murder for helping her paralyzed daughter end her life.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=68239074&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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