Posted on 08/07/2007 3:55:51 AM PDT by monomaniac
Parole Board to Rule on Kevorkian Appearance
People who don’t like the idea of convicted killer Jack Kevorkian getting $50,000 to speak to college students in Florida are clinging to hopes that the Michigan Parole Board will nix the out-of-state trip.
But the board, which has to approve such travel, isn’t saying. “(The Parole Board) didn’t say when exactly they would let him go, but they told him to take (the engagement) under the advisement that the approval is pending,” Russ Marlan, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections, told LifeSiteNews.com, which reported that a contract has been signed.
Kevorkian, who recently completed eight years in prison for second-degree murder in connection with one of his many physician-assisted suicides, has been invited to speak Oct. 11 at the University of Florida, Gainesville. The topic: assisted suicide. A “Say No to Dr. Death” petition movement has been organized in opposition, and pro-life Michiganders are urging people to call the university to protest the event.
I hope those aren’t $50,000 from the taxpayers.
It WOULD be floriDUH that wants to see Dr. K. After all, starvation is lengthy and ugly and tends to draw a lot of protesters for many days. A visit from Dr. K. would be so much quicker and neater.
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