Gagan Singh Singh 1
Mr.Nirwal
CLU3M0-C
29th, Sep 2014
Forces that Change Laws (Dr. Jack Kevorkian) Jack Kevorkian was an American physician who was often referred to as “Dr. Death” because he believed because he claims to have physician-assisted suicide over 100 people. He simply believed that people had the right to die. He often stated, “Dying is not a crime”.
Jack Kevorkian was born on May 26,1928 and he was an American pathologist. Jack was very interested by death and the act of dying; he made regular visits to terminally ill patients. Jack came up with a method called “terminal human experimentation”, he basically believed the prisoners on death row should be used as subjects of medical experiments that …show more content…
Jack eventually opened up his own clinic in Detroit, which eventually led to a downfall, and he eventually became homeless and left his wife. After the years past he eventually came back to Detroit and found out that doctors in the Netherlands were helping people die by lethal injection. He came up with a suicide machine called the “Thanatron” which led to the terminally ill end their lives. Jack became famous when he assisted a 45-year-old patient by the name of Janet Adkins. She contacted him asking if he could use the suicide machine on her, she eventually died form heart failure and when this hit the media the State of Michigan immediately charged Jack with Adkins murder. But that case was dismissed because of Michigan’s point of view on assisted suicide. Jack was very
Mr.Nirwal
CLU3M0-C
29th, Sep 2014
Forces that Change Laws (Dr. Jack Kevorkian) Jack Kevorkian was an American physician who was often referred to as “Dr. Death” because he believed because he claims to have physician-assisted suicide over 100 people. He simply believed that people had the right to die. He often stated, “Dying is not a crime”.
Jack Kevorkian was born on May 26,1928 and he was an American pathologist. Jack was very interested by death and the act of dying; he made regular visits to terminally ill patients. Jack came up with a method called “terminal human experimentation”, he basically believed the prisoners on death row should be used as subjects of medical experiments that …show more content…
Jack eventually opened up his own clinic in Detroit, which eventually led to a downfall, and he eventually became homeless and left his wife. After the years past he eventually came back to Detroit and found out that doctors in the Netherlands were helping people die by lethal injection. He came up with a suicide machine called the “Thanatron” which led to the terminally ill end their lives. Jack became famous when he assisted a 45-year-old patient by the name of Janet Adkins. She contacted him asking if he could use the suicide machine on her, she eventually died form heart failure and when this hit the media the State of Michigan immediately charged Jack with Adkins murder. But that case was dismissed because of Michigan’s point of view on assisted suicide. Jack was very