Jack Kevorkian, a retired pathologist, who believed that "people have a right to avoid a lingering, miserable death by ending their own lives with help from a physician who can ensure that they die peacefully" ("Newsmakers"). In 1988, Kevorkian built his now infamous "suicide machine," which allowed him to provide the means by which terminally ill patients could end their lives under his supervision. Kevorkian crossed the line between assisted-suicide and euthanasia when in 1998 he gave Thomas Youk, of Waterford, MI, a lethal injection. Kevorkian assisted in over 133 suicides, but in March of ...

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On June 4th, 1990 Jack Kevorkian, who has famously become known as Dr. ... Kevorkian lost his practice and went to jail a year later for assisting and in result he had assisted in a total of 130 deaths over an 8-year period. In June 26, 1995, "Kevorkian opens a "suicide clinic" in an office in Springfield Township, Michigan. ... A few days later, the building's owner kicks out Kevorkian.... Kevorkian has mentioned that, "My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience," he said. ...

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