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Article: Snuff Film
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 6, 1998
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Jack Kevorkian again has dared authorities to make him a martyr
for the right to die. By killing Thomas Youk and persuading CBS to
air his home video of the event on "60 Minutes," he has taunted
local prosecutors, promising to go on a hunger strike if he is
jailed. Millions of Americans consider him a hero. The Internet
messages and radio call-in shows reflect that most Americans applaud
Kevorkian's bravado. Some have compared him to Jonas Salk or Albert
Schweitzer.
As a physician who has worked in hospice and palliative care
for more than 20 years, I watched the evening's infotainment with a
sense of surrealism and revulsion. Kevorkian administered the lethal
injection with cold ...
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Transcript: DR. JACK KEVORKIAN CHARGED WITH MURDER
World News Tonight with Peter Jennings;
November 25, 1998 ;
660 words
... ... That's where Dr. Jack Kevorkian has been charged with ... killing, of euthanasia. Jack Kevorkian and his lawyers have ... of, in this case, Thomas Youk. And the prosecutor ... of law. And it's Jack Kevorkian and his team who focus ...
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