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To: Hodar

I realize that liberals don’t like the idea that words mean things, but they really do. What you’re advocating is called “murder” for a reason. Because it is murder.

If you have access to Free Republic, then you have access to various search engines. There is no excuse for the ignorance you claim to possess. Before you support someone 100%, you should familiarize yourself with what it is you’re supporting. I think you already have. I think you already know that he was a mass murderer. But let’s pretend for a moment that you’re honestly as ignorant as you claim to be. Plug his name into any search engine, and start reading.


51 posted on 06/03/2011 1:35:57 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: BykrBayb
On the November 22, 1998, broadcast of 60 Minutes, Kevorkian allowed the airing of a videotape he had made on September 17, 1998, which depicted the voluntary euthanasia of Thomas Youk, 52, who was in the final stages of ALS. After Youk provided his fully informed consent (a sometimes complex legal determination made in this case by editorial consensus) on September 17, 1998, Kevorkian himself administered Thomas Youk a lethal injection. This was highly significant, as all of his earlier clients had reportedly completed the process themselves. During the videotape, Kevorkian dared the authorities to try to convict him or stop him from carrying out mercy killings.

On March 26, 1999, Kevorkian was charged with second-degree murder and the delivery of a controlled substance (administering a lethal injection to Thomas Youk).[9] Kevorkian's license to practice medicine had been revoked eight years previously; he was not legally allowed to possess the controlled substance. As homicide law is relatively fixed and routine, this trial was markedly different from earlier ones that involved an area of law in flux (assisted suicide). Kevorkian discharged his attorneys and proceeded through the trial representing himself. The judge ordered a criminal defense attorney to remain available at trial as standby counsel for information and advice. Inexperienced in law and persisting in his efforts to represent himself, Kevorkian encountered great difficulty in presenting his evidence and arguments. In particular, he was not able to call any witnesses to the stand because the judge did not deem the testimony of any of his witnesses relevant.[21]

The Michigan jury found Kevorkian guilty of second-degree homicide. It was proven that he had directly killed a person because Youk was not physically able to kill himself. The judge sentenced Kevorkian to serve 10–25 years in prison and told him: "You were on bond to another judge when you committed this offense, you were not licensed to practice medicine when you committed this offense and you hadn't been licensed for eight years. And you had the audacity to go on national television, show the world what you did and dare the legal system to stop you. Well, sir, consider yourself stopped." Kevorkian was sent to prison in Coldwater, Michigan.[22]

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Not ONE single murder ... you claim to have read the articles, but I see no evidence of comprehension. You apparently fail to know how to use the search engines you mention, or you are woefully ignorant. Try again. Read, learn .... it's good for you. Only a libtard 'blindly follows the herd' .... funny, you were calling me a Liberal - and I error on the side of Personal Responsibility, and yet you seek to assert the claim that somehow, people have to ask you, or the state, for permission to live or die.

53 posted on 06/03/2011 1:52:42 PM PDT by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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