Word: kevorkianism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jack Kevorkian must be rolling over in his jail cell. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would outlaw the use of federally controlled drugs in physician-assisted suicide. The bill, sponsored by Henry Hyde, is a pointed rebuke to Oregon voters, who passed the Death With Dignity Act in 1997, permitting doctors to prescribe (but not administer) lethal levels of painkillers to terminally ill, mentally competent patients who are within six months of dying. Under a law modeled on Hyde's bill, doctors convicted of aiding in a suicide could spend at least 20 years...
...Jack Kevorkian may be behind bars, serving a 10- to 25-year sentence for murder, but authorities in New Mexico suspect that one of his associates may be carrying on his work in their state. A year ago, DONNA BRENNAN, 54, was found dead in her Rio Rancho, N.M., home. She had been suffering from multiple sclerosis for more than 20 years, but an autopsy revealed she died from a lethal dose of pentobarbital. A neighbor told police that the morning Brennan died, she had been visited by a man named George. The authorities identified him as GEORGES REDING...
...identification came as no surprise to Michigan authorities: they had arrested Reding with Kevorkian when the two men allegedly dropped off a body at a Detroit hospital. Reding was found innocent of charges stemming from the incident. He had also been suspected in three previous assisted-suicide cases in Michigan but not prosecuted. He now faces first-degree murder charges in New Mexico. CHARLIE BROWN, the deputy district attorney of Sandoval County, says he isn't interested in debate about assisted suicide, which is against the law in New Mexico. "I'm just trying to keep it a simple murder...
...Jack Kevorkian may be behind bars, serving a 10-to-25-year sentence for murder, but authorities in New Mexico suspect that one of his associates may be carrying on his work in their state. A year ago, Donna Brennan, 54, was found dead in her Rio Rancho, N.M., home. She had been suffering from multiple sclerosis for more than 20 years, but an autopsy revealed she died from a lethal dose of pentobarbital. A neighbor told police that the morning Brennan died, she had been visited by a man named George. The authorities identified him as Georges Reding...
...identification came as no surprise to Michigan authorities: They had arrested Reding with Kevorkian when the two men allegedly dropped off a body at a Detroit hospital. Reding was found innocent of charges stemming from the incident. He had also been suspected in three previous assisted-suicide cases in Michigan but not prosecuted. He now faces first-degree murder charges in New Mexico. Charlie Brown, the deputy district attorney of Sandoval County, says he isn't interested in debate about assisted suicide, which is against the law in New Mexico. "I'm just trying to keep it a simple murder...