This may turn out to be more than right to die/right to live/states rights if what might be the real truth ever comes out in the courts. Check
this
and then
this
It sounds like it could be an attempted murder by Michael gone wrong for 15 years. Question: Why would he turn down the money he was offered to walk away from it all if he has a new girl and a couple of children and if he is of clean conscience ? He may not be. So please stop arguing the political points of what is going on for just a moment and objectively listen to the audio links here on this post.