the verdicts
Jack Kevorkian's mug shot
In November and December 1993 Kevorkian served two jail sentences on charges that he had violated the state’s law against assisting in a suicide. During his first prison sentence he threatened to starve himself to death to protest what he called “this immoral law.”
Ellen Bernstein, Encyclopaedia Britannica
Through out the past six years Dr. Kevorkian has aided 27 more people in the past three years. He was only charged with murder for three, but even then the charges were dropped. Most of the times that Kevorkian was charged with murder or violating the law, the jury seemed to find him not guilty.
NARRATOR: Ultimately, the verdict in this case, like all the others, would come down to a deeper
moral judgment about Kevorkian himself. Had he helped the right people? Had he done the right thing?
In Michigan, Jack Kevorkian was initially charged with violating
the state statute, in addition to first-degree murder and delivering
a controlled substance without a license. The assisted suicide
charge was dropped, however, and he was eventually convicted
of second degree murder and delivering a controlled substance
without a license.
~The Law on Assisted Suicide, Frontline
the state statute, in addition to first-degree murder and delivering
a controlled substance without a license. The assisted suicide
charge was dropped, however, and he was eventually convicted
of second degree murder and delivering a controlled substance
without a license.
~The Law on Assisted Suicide, Frontline
