Posted on 05/20/2006 3:03:21 PM PDT by paulat
Lawyer: Kevorkian's Health Deteriorating 22 minutes ago
An attorney for Jack Kevorkian said the assisted-suicide advocate will probably not survive another year if kept in prison, as he again asked the state to grant his client a pardon or commute his sentence.
Lawyer Mayer Morganroth said he applied to the state Parole Board and Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Friday seeking a pardon, parole or commutation, citing the 77-year-old's deteriorating health.
"Kevorkian has become increasingly frail and has fallen twice, injuring his wrist and fracturing two ribs," Morganroth said in a statement.
His blood pressure has gone "through the roof," the lawyer said Saturday.
The former doctor is serving a 10- to 25-year sentence for second-degree murder for giving a fatal injection of drugs in 1998. He is eligible for parole in 2007.
In 2003, 2004 and 2005, Granholm followed the parole board's advice in denying applications for a commuted sentence or a pardon.
Kevorkian has said he assisted in at least 130 deaths, but has promised that he will not assist another if released.
I've had terminally ill relatives. If I could have done something to ease their pain and get them to heaven faster, I would have, and they would have wanted it that way.
Lord, please help me give a damn, because I'm not having much success by myself.
Sounds like Kevorkian needs a more effective lawyer to help him out. Might I recommend Georgie Felos?
But ya knows what is more despicable than Fieger?
The fact that MSU sold its soul for some cash donated by Fieger and named a law college after him
nOT TO YOU Joe 6, but yoy were lwat poster . He only helped those wishing to elevate the suffering. no spell check or other crap.
Put him in the same cell as Mussaui. One of two things will happen. 1. the good Dr. will help Mussaui "end it all" 2. Mussaui can rid the world of an "infidell" Then we will have enough on the other one to give them the death sentence. The world then is a better place
I was just dumbfounded.
I say waste him right now.
Actually...I think you have hit the nail on the head!!
My personal belief is that docs are too scared to prescribe pain meds, and there's a stupid belief that terminal patients will become addicts!!
People are scared of dying in pain. If docs had the freedom to medicate (when necessary)...people would not need this "suicide" option.
I was a Pharmacy Intern at Saratoga General Hospital when he was our Pathologist.
He was very straight forward and very approachable.
But, he was a VERY, VERY, STARNGE man!
Slip him the joy juice--that's what he would do!!
Do you worship abortion doctors too?
He's sick, old, and a burden to society. Get the needle.
God's mills grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small.
He was very straight forward and very approachable.
But, he was a VERY, VERY, STARNGE man!
I guess you are most qualified to speak on the matter...as I've said before...I don't think doctors ease the way enough for dying patients, and that's why we're in this mess.
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