![Ángel Hernández, with his wife, María José Carrasco, at home in Madrid in October 2018.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/Y7QXV7CUMU4LUCA644YSSKDSQQ.jpg?auth=06726fa59d0ff2454b86121b553e8bd5aeef9f91a7d0eff8b742579be55d2526&width=414&height=233&focal=376%2C210)
Ángel Hernández, the man who helped his wife to die, acquitted as Spain’s euthanasia law comes into force
The public prosecution withdrew its case against the 72-year-old, on the grounds that he was within ‘his legal rights’ when he assisted in the suicide of his terminally ill spouse María José Carrasco