Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted at least 130 deaths before being convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 10 - 25 years in prison in 1999. Before 1999, the retired pathologist had been tried on assisted suicide charges four times, resulting in three acquittals and one mistrial.
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Brief background information on Kevorkian from the Euthanasia Research and Guidance Organization (ERGO), which advocates for legalized euthanasia physician assisted dying, and assisted suicide.
Audio interviews of four of Kevorkian's patients, a legal history of assisted dying, Kevorkian's paintings and information about his "death machine," and a transcript of a Frontline program on Kevorkian.
An editorial about Kevorkian and the issue of end-of-life choice.
(August 21, 2002)
Brief background information on Kevorkian from the Euthanasia Research and Guidance Organization (ERGO), which advocates for legalized euthanasia physician assisted dying, and assisted suicide.
Audio interviews of four of Kevorkian's patients, a legal history of assisted dying, Kevorkian's paintings and information about his "death machine," and a transcript of a Frontline program on Kevorkian.
An editorial about Kevorkian and the issue of end-of-life choice.
(August 21, 2002)
