Freedom is sought for ailing Kevorkian

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From Detroit Free Press...

Freedom is sought for ailing Kevorkian

Lawyer lists suicide doctor's illnesses

November 9, 2004

A lawyer for Dr. Jack Kevorkian said the man sometimes called Dr. Death is in poor health and should be released from prison.

Southfield attorney Mayer Morganroth filed an application for a pardon or a commutation of the sentence for Kevorkian on Monday, asking the Michigan Parole Board to recommend to Gov. Jennifer Granholm that Kevorkian be released from the Thumb Correctional Facility in Lapeer.

Kevorkian's ailments, according to Morganroth, include high blood pressure, arthritis, hernia, hepatitis C, cataracts, heart disease, adrenal insufficiency suggestive of Addison's disease, and lung disease.

Kevorkian, 76, has said he has assisted in more than 130 deaths.


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[JNelson6563]

1. His case is weak. Really weak.

The evidence against him was massive. He's going to die in prison. Shouldn't have televised that assisted suicide. Grandstanding. What a dumb-ass.

Julie

[0007]

2. A visual like those two girls kissing plastered all over the media

fired up public opinion to the millionth degree.

[noonwitch]

4. He also fired the lawyer who had gotten him off every time before

He wanted to go to jail and be a martyr, now he wants out. He'll get parolled in a couple of years.

I actually am sympathetic to the cause of assisted suicide, but am suspicious of Kervorkian's motives.

[russian33]

3. A country ruled by a group that's on a killing spree in Iraq...

..and we got Kevorkian locked up for doing something humane....yep, there's logic in there, somewhere

[DemBones DemBones]

5. He killed people, including many who were not terminally ill.

Some were suffering from depression. His actions were not humane.