Sources please.
This is contrary to every story I can find on him. He ASSISTED patients who were dying, so that their lives would end on the patient's terms, at a time and place of their chosing. Those who sought him were informed on what was going to happen, and were shown that their death would be painless, quick and easy. Some people would call that compassion.
Where is there any evidence or story that he MURDERED healthy people?
This bioethicist has had a lot to say about him:
http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/2011/06/03/kevorkian-death-reflections/
“He assisted the suicides of 130 or so people and lethally injected at least two by his own admission (his first and his last); as a consequence of the latter, he served nearly ten years in prison for murder. “
“Thus, while the media continually described him as the “retired” doctor who helped “the terminally ill” to commit suicide, at least 70 percent of his assisted suicides were not dying, and five weren’t ill at all according to their autopsies. “
You can drill down through his site where he gives actual facts (versus the summary at the above link).
This is his section on assisted suicide, with several kevorkian articles:
http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/category/assisted-suicide/?submit=view
Many of Kevorkian’s victims WERE NOT terminally ill, some were merely depressed. He said that it wasn’t his business to figure out the truth.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/?/news/study-finds-75-of-kevorkian-victims-were-not-terminally-ill
Regardless of where you come down on the side of assisted suicide, the fact is that Kervorkian was a murderer:
‘In reviewing the lives and deaths of 47 people whose suicides have been publicly linked to Kevorkian since June 1990, Free Press reporters interviewed hundreds of people and examined thousands of pages of documents, including medical records, autopsy reports, marriage and divorce records, police files, personal notes and letters.
The investigation also debunks perceptions that Kevorkian only helps people who are terminally ill — likely to die within six months — or are in agonizing pain.
In fact, at least 60 percent of Kevorkian’s suicide patients were not terminal. At least 17 could have lived indefinitely and, in 13 cases, the people had no complaints of pain.’