South Africans began debating whether the sentence - and the crime Sean Davison was accused of - was fair or not. Here are some of their opinions...
Cape Town - The sentence handed down to Sean Davison, the UWC professor who has been a tireless campaigner for people who want to make their own decisions about dying, has ignited fierce debate on social media.
In 2006, Davison fell foul of authorities in his native New Zealand when he helped his terminally ill mother, Dr Patricia Ferguson, end her life by crushing a lethal dose of morphine tablets and mixing it with water for her to ingest. In 2011 Davison pleaded guilty to assisted suicide as part of a plea deal and was sentenced to five months' house arrest.
Dignity SA founder Davison, who is married to Rayne Pan with whom he has three children, had been expected to fight the charges against him and Thursday's plea bargain announcement came as a shock to many people who were watching the groundbreaking case with interest.
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