Posted on 03/12/2008 5:07:21 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
ASSISTED-SUICIDE advocate Jack Kevorkian, whose controversial tactics earned him the nickname Doctor Death, plans to run for the US Congress.
"We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington," Dr Kevorkian said when announcing his bid to his hometown newspaper in Michigan, the Oakland Press.
Dr Kevorkian, who spent more than eight years in jail for the murder of a man whose videotaped assisted suicide was aired on national television, claims he actively helped 130 people die.
He vowed to continue to lobby for the legalisation of assisted suicide when he was released from jail last June but said he has no desire to go back to jail.
He told the Oakland Press that he will run as an independent in the 9th Congressional district.
The frail 79-year-old former pathologist will have to watch his words: the terms of his two-year probation prevent Dr Kevorkian from counseling people on how to commit suicide and his parole officer will be monitoring his public speeches.
Dr Kevorkian forced the United States to confront the ethical issues surrounding how best to treat the pain and suffering of the terminally ill when he went public with his suicide machines in 1990 and the videos of his patients begging him to help them die.
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He got let out because he was in last stages of Hepatitis C. A liar and a Dr. Death.
Yes, he got out early due to terminal Hep C. Just how terminal is he? He should go bk to prison cuz he’s not too sick to run for office.
He should run for the Senate and get seated next to Byrd...!
Yeah, with a robe and sickle.
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