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Mon 10 Oct 2007Minister in suicide case calls for change in Irish lawThe Department of Justice is studying a 32-page ruling by a West Virginia judge denying the extradition of Rev George Exoo (65) for assisting a suicide in Ireland five years ago.Judge Clarke VanDervort ruled that Mr Exoo, a Unitarian minister, cannot be extradited because assisting suicide is not a crime under federal or West Virginia law and is not an offence in 25 of the 50 states in the US.