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  • Dying 'Dr. Death' Has Second Thoughts About Assisting Suicides

    05/26/2006 10:37:54 AM PDT · by Abathar · 120 replies · 3,352+ views
    ABC News ^ | May 26, 2006 | LARA SETRAKIAN
    Today, on his 78th birthday, Jack Kevorkian, the man known as "Dr. Death," is slowly dying in prison. And, according to his lawyer, Kevorkian seems to have second thoughts about helping people die. For years, Kevorkian was the center of a national debate around the highly controversial questions surrounding physician-assisted suicide or "mercy killing:" Do the terminally ill have the right to choose when and how they die? Do doctors have the ability, even an obligation, to help them die as they choose? Now, as he sits in jail, Kevorkian may have had a change of heart — not about...
  • Lawyer: Kevorkian's Health Deteriorating (GEE-HE'S NOT DOING WELL-HE WANTS TO LIVE-ISN'T IT IRONIC?)

    05/20/2006 3:03:21 PM PDT · by paulat · 60 replies · 1,030+ views
    Yahoo! / The Associated Press ^ | 05/20/06 | Not Listed
    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...