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After taking part in more than 130 suicides and beating four previous prosecutions for assisting in deaths, Dr. Jack Kevorkian was convicted for the first time on Friday. "This is a big victory for prosecutors who've been trying to put him away for years," says TIME Midwest correspondent Julie Grace. "But they are not the only ones who won't be saddened by this outcome." Indeed, count many right-to-die supporters in that group. "There is much support for the principle of a right to die," says Grace, but many advocates have lamented seeing Kevorkian become the poster...
...fifth trial involved his most sensational case to date: the videotaped death of a 52-year-old-man afflicted with Lou Gehrig's disease that was broadcast nationally on CBS' "60 Minutes" and in which Kevorkian administered the lethal injection himself. This fifth trial was also his most serious yet: Kevorkian was charged with first-degree murder, and the jury convicted him of second-degree murder. The judge set sentencing for April 14, at which time the 70-year-old pathologist could be put away behind bars for life...
...focus of the Kevorkian case will now shift to the sentencing phase and place the spotlight on Judge Jessica Cooper. "She's been meticulously responsible in following the law and explicitly careful to explain everything to Kevorkian, since he chose to represent himself," says Grace. Now, however, it is Cooper who will make the final decision of this difficult case. How harsh should she be on the 70-year-old zealot? Says Grace: "The fact that she let Kevorkian go free pending the sentencing may be an indication that she thinks he's something less than a cold-blooded murderer...
...ready for another Dr. Death spectacular. On Monday jury selection began in the fifth death-related trial of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, this time on first-degree murder charges. Having escaped conviction four times before for helping terminally ill patients commit suicide, Kevorkian may be facing his most sensational legal battle yet. It combines shocking TV drama -- Kevorkian?s videotaped killing of Thomas Youk, a 52-year-old suffering from Lou Gehrig?s disease, which was aired on "60 Minutes" last year -- with a high-stakes legal issue: Should Kevorkian be found guilty on charges of first-degree murder...
...issues raised by this case deserve a more reasoned airing than that which will be provided by the flamboyant Kevorkian, who obtained judicial permission to represent himself on Monday. ?There is a strange glee about the way Kevorkian conducts his business, which makes it more difficult to talk about assisted suicide,? says Gorman. ?There are no checks and balances on him.? Kevorkian?s all-or-nothing approach glosses over many issues. A very important one is pain. ?It turns out,? says Gorman, ?that many terminally ill patients will not consider the option of death if their pain can be treated...