Kevorkian to Be Paroled in June

AP ^ | 12/13/06 | KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN

[Lunatic Fringe]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan officials say assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian will be paroled in June.

[Just another Joe]

If someone really wants to commit suicide they will find a way.

[subterfuge]

How can "michigan officials" declare that if no hearing has occured? George Soros pay someone off or what?

[dfwgator]

Free to kill again.

[Gay State Conservative]

This piece of excrement has been dying for years.If there is a God,he will *actually* die the day before he's scheduled to be released.

[GSlob]

he'd make a good social security commissioner.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Agreed. Especially terminally ill patients.

I never liked his methods or his need for press, but Kevorkian fought for what should be a basic human right. The right to die without needless suffering.

[BunnySlippers]

He didn't kill anyone who didn;t want to die. In fact, his device is designed so that the person dying releases the chemicals.

[RebelBanker]

The guy is older than dirt - the state probably just wants to avoid having to pay his medical bills while he is in the slammer.

[dfwgator]

Most of Kevorkian's victims were not terminally ill.

The problem is once you start down that road, what constitutes being "terminally ill" will be defined down.

[richmwill]

I'll never fight to deny a terminally-ill adult the right to die with dignity.

[Suzy Quzy]

Where is the DIGNITY in Suicide??? It's the most cowardice act imaginable.

[DCPatriot]

Amen!

[Ben Mugged]

I'm with you. My father died screaming because the doctors told me they couldn't give him any more morphine without killing him. They moved him into a private room so he wouldn't disturb the other patients and staff.

[Constitution Day]

I never liked his methods or his need for press, but Kevorkian fought for what should be a basic human right. The right to die without needless suffering.

BUMP. Well said.

[Leg Olam]

I'm no fan of Kervorkian but anyone who has worked hospice or cared for a loved one that is terminally ill knows that sometimes death is our friend.

[CT-Freeper]

Where is the DIGNITY in Suicide??? It's the most cowardice act imaginable.

True, there's no dignity in suicide.

But neither is there dignity in having to hire someone to wipe your rear end for you, hold the jar while you pee, clean your soiled sheets...etc.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Where is the DIGNITY in Suicide??? It's the most cowardice act imaginable.

Go watch a family member die of cancer over the span of several pain-filled months, then you can come back and discuss this again.

[dforest]

Some dark humour. He is dying to get out.

[linda_22003]

Ugh! We had nearly the same experience with my mother. She was in the process of dying; she wasn't going to get "hooked" on morphine, and they doled it out so sparingly, it was heartbreaking. Your father and my mother died in a way we do not allow our dogs to die.