Philly Nurse Charged With Aiding Father's Suicide A judge has upheld charges against a Philadelphia woman accused of helping her 93-year-old father commit suicide through a morphine overdose. Prosecutors in Schuylkill County have charged 57-year-old nurse Barbara Mancini with aiding suicide. A judge refused to drop the charges after a preliminary hearing Thursday. Pottsville police say Mancini handed Joseph Yourshaw a bottle of liquid morphine at his home in February, leading to his death four days later. Mancini remains free on bail. A phone at her lawyer's office rang unanswered Thursday evening and he could not be reached for comment. An advocacy group called Compassion & Choice supports Mancini and says her father had end-stage diabetes and heart problems. The group says the U.S. Supreme Court allows dying patients to receive adequate pain relief, even if it hastens their death.