I have just read and signed the petition: “Release Dr. Jack Kevorkian” Please take a moment to read about this important issue, and join me in signing the petition. It takes just 30 seconds, but can truly make a difference. We are trying to reach 1,000 signatures – please sign here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/761877453 Once you have […]
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Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s request to have his second-degree murder sentence commuted has been turned down, a state prisons spokesman said. Kevorkian claims he has less than a year to live. For the fourth consecutive year, the Michigan parole board turned down the 78-year-old assisted-suicide advocate’s request, said a Corrections Department spokesman. Because the parole board […]
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PUBLISHER’S ANNOUNCEMENT: Those interested in right-to-die issues might want to check out “How We Die in America,” an article by William Colby, attorney in the landmark Nancy Cruzan right-to-die case: http://www.authorviews.com/authors/colby/obd.htm The article has some interesting revelations about the contrast between how we *think* we’re going to die and how we’re actually likely to check […]
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Dr Jack Kevorkian is serving a 10- to 25-year sentence for second-degree murder after being convicted of giving a fatal injection of drugs in 1998. He is eligible for parole in 2007. Kevorkian’s lawyer Mayer Morganroth said he filed an application with the Michigan Parole Board and Gov. Jennifer Granholm seeking a pardon, parole or […]
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As he sits in jail, Dr Jack Kevorkian may have had a change of heart — not about his dedication to the “death with dignity” movement, but on how he went about promoting it. Specifically, his lawyer suggests, he questions the more than 100 suicides he said he assisted throughout the 1990s. One assisted suicide […]
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Jack Kevorkian, the advocate for assisted suicide who is serving a prison term for murder, has again asked the state to grant his client a pardon or commute his sentence, saying he would probably not survive another year if kept in prison. His lawyer said Mr. Kevorkian had “become increasingly frail and has fallen twice, […]
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The whole debate about euthanasia and the right of terminal patients to end their own life has been opened up once again by the death of a a pentaplegic man, Jorge Leon, this weekend. Eight years ago Spain was gripped by the story of Ramon Sampedro, who became a quadriplegic after a diving accident when […]
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The Guardian newspaper in London reported (but few if any US newspapers did):- Former top judge says US risks edging near to dictatorship · Sandra Day O’Connor warns of rightwing attacks · Lawyers ‘must speak up’ to protect judiciary Julian Borger in Washington, Monday March 13, 2006, Guardian Sandra Day O’Connor, a Republican-appointed judge who […]
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AIR AMERICA on choice in dying The noted commentator and satirist Al Franken and author Derek Humphry will be discussing right to die issues together on Air America radio tomorrow (Friday, 17 Feb 06). The national broadcast is live from Eugene, Oregon, from noon to 3PM (EST) & 9AM to noon (PST). Derek Humphry’s interview […]
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