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Article: "Consider Yourself Stopped".(Apr 13 1999 statement by Judge Jessica Cooper in assisted suicide case against physician Jack Kevorkian, Circuit Court, Oakland, MI)(Brief Article)(Transcript)
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- National Right to Life News
- Article date:
- May 11, 1999
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Pontiac, Mich. -- Following is the statement made April 13 by Judge Jessica Cooper of the Circuit Court in Oakland County, Mich., to Dr. Jack Kevorkian before sentencing him to 10 to 25 years in prison:
This is a court of law and you said you invited yourself here to take a final stand. But this trial was not an opportunity for a referendum. The law prohibiting euthanasia was specifically reviewed and clarified by the Michigan Supreme Court several years ago in a decision involving your very own cases, sir.
So the charge here should come as no surprise to you. You invited yourself to the wrong forum.
Well, we are a nation of laws, and we are a ...