A group of doctors and lawyers held a news conference Wednesday at the Legislative Office Building annnouncing the filing of a lawsuit seeking clarification to state law on aid in dying. One of the speakers at the press conference was Huntington Williams of West Cornwall, who was prosecuted for helping his terminally ill friend, John Welles, to end his life.

Huntington Williams

STEPHEN DUNN / HARTFORD COURANT / October 7, 2009

A group of doctors and lawyers held a news conference Wednesday at the Legislative Office Building annnouncing the filing of a lawsuit seeking clarification to state law on aid in dying. One of the speakers at the press conference was Huntington Williams of West Cornwall, who was prosecuted for helping his terminally ill friend, John Welles, to end his life.