Dr Jack Kevorkian will be paroled,says the Detroit News
Convicted suicide doctor Jack Kevorkian will be paroled on June 1, state officials and his lawyer confirmed today.
Mayer (Mike) Morganroth, Kevorkian’s Southfield attorney, said a three-member parole board panel unanimously granted Kevorkian parole after a hearing at Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater last Thursday.
“He’s very pleased, he’s hoping it will be expedited,” Morganroth said.
Morganroth said he will push Gov. Jennifer Granholm to accelerate Kevorkian’s release date because of his poor health.
Kevorkian, who will be 79 in April and will have served more than eight years in prison by June 1, has diabetes, heart problems and a variety of other ailments.
He was convicted of second-degree murder for assisting a chronically ill patient who wanted to die.
