Ryan Routh, an attempted assassin of President Donald Trump, asked on Thursday to be imprisoned in a state that permits assisted suicide.
Routh, who attempted to stab himself with a pen as his guilty verdict was read in the courtroom in September, requested to “kindly be placed in a state that has assisted suicide since I am a constant failure.”
“I have yet been unable to obtain a list, but I hope someone can provide it,” he wrote in a motion.
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Routh was convicted on five counts in September, including attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, assaulting a federal officer, and several gun charges, after representing himself during a 12-day trial in Florida. A Secret Service agent discovered Routh hiding in the bushes with a
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