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A Brief History of Assisted Suicide
Mention the term “euthanasia,” and the first thing most people think of is the epic assisted suicide battle of the 1990s starring Jack “Doctor Death” Kevorkian. But the issue of whether human beings — and more pointedly, doctors — have the right to help others die has been in the public discourse since before the birth of Christ.
Kevorkian Case: Video of killing shown to jury
Confident that they have proven intent to kill, Michigan prosecutors rested their case in the murder trial of Dr. Jack Kevorkian after playing the videotape of Thomas Youk’s death and calling the medical examiner and investigators in the case.