Dr. Jack Kevorkian is an american dokter. He is now 79 years old and he helped at least 130 people commit suicide with impunity. His nickname is 'Dr. Death'.But in 1999, his luck ran up and he was convicted of second-degree murder for assisting Thomas Youk to die by lethal injection.
Thomas Youk was 53 years old and suffered from the Lou Hegrig's disease. He wanted to end his life and Dr. Kevorkian assisted his suicide.
At first it seemed that Kevorkian wasn't going to be charged with "murder". Things changed when he made a video where he actually provoked the prosecutors and then they started a trial. During the trial he never appealled a lawyer, he always represented himself. The family of Youk supported the Docter but the judge forbidded them to testify about the Youk's suffering. He is currently serving 10 to 25 years of imprissonment for the murder, he also got a 7year conviction for using a controlled substance to commit the assisted suicide.
He was paroled in 2007. After his imprisonment, Kevorkian was awarded a humanitarian award.He promised to never assist a suicide again. His licence was subdued in the early nineties. And off course he is never going to be able to do his profession.
I think it is very bizar. He is a docter, assist suicide and he is proud of it. He thinks he is a lifesaver, in the other meaning of the word off course. The doctor has probably helped some families to stop the suffering. And also lots of sick people who want to stop the struggle of life. But it is strange to imagine that he actually LIKES to do this. In fact, the mission of a doctor is saving lifes and he is specialized in taking lifes away, that's against the nature.
Source: http://www.courttv.com/trials/kevorkian/062901_ctv.html
(by Greet Heyse)
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