Italy's Constitutional Court on
Tuesday adjourned until Wednesday a hearing on the case of
right-to-die activist Marco Cappato, who is accused of assisting
suicide for helping 40-year-old blind and tetraplegic Italian
ex-DJ Fabiano Antoniani, better known as DJ Fabo, take his own
life.
Cappato accompanied DJ Fabo to the Swiss clinic where he
committed assisted suicide last year.
The Constitutional Court's decision could be a landmark
ruling.
The court adjourned proceedings late Tuesday until Wednesday.
A ruling may be issued on Wednesday, judicial sources said.
In February a Milan court sent the case to the top court,
asking it to verify whether a Fascist-era article in the
criminal code that punishes instigation to suicide, Article 580,
complies with the Constitution.
Cappato and DJ Fabo's partner Valeria Imbrogno were in court
on Tuesday.
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