Attempted Trump Assassin Ryan Routh has requested to be imprisoned in a state allowing assisted suicide. The practice is legal in eleven states: California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington, as well as Washington, D.C.
In a motion to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, Routh wrote that he desired to be “placed in a state that has assisted suicide since I am a constant failure.”
He stated that he still has “hope that someone out there might put forth some effort to trade my life for any prisoner held in a foreign jail around the world,” noting that he has “mailed letters to countless Ministry of Foreign Affairs but without a regular phone and regular email my letters seem ineffective.”
“Trade me for a Palestinian prisoner in Israel to have my spot in Hawaii, or a POW of Ukraine suffering in Russia or any prisoner anywhere that is suffering,” Routh wrote. “I’m unaware of prisoners in Sudan, Haiti, Myanmar or all the other places of conflict but trade me anywhere.”
“Do not let me take my own life and it have zero benefit for humanity or mankind,” he urged.
The motion then appeared to shift its tone, criticizing President Trump and arguing that he has “childlike behavior,” which Routh claimed is “purposeful so that he can stay in power forever.”
In September, a Florida jury found Routh guilty on all counts for attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf course in 2024. The charges include attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, assaulting a Secret Service agent, and multiple firearms violations.
