Sunday, July 30, 2006
Kevorkian's Release?
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is looking into the possibility of commuting Jack Kevorkian's sentence. He is serving a 10-25 year sentence for second-degree murder--Kevorkian called it a mercy killing. Kevorkian's lawyer hopes that Granholm will set a release date for Kevorkian because he has less than a year to live due to Hepatitis C. Kevorkian has said that he assisted in at least 130 deaths but has since promised that he will not assist in a suicide if he is released from prison.
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I am sure he would find a way around it. Maybe he'll be his next patient? ~ jb///
ReplyDeleteYou know, this was always a tough issue for me. On one hand, I think suicide is a sin. But on the other, who am I to tell an adult that they must continue to live, even when there is zero hope?
ReplyDeleteI was always afraid though, that some of Jack's "patients", were forced into it by greedy family members watching their inheritence go toward healthcare.
It's such a double edged sword, is stopping that one set of greedy family members worth forcing someone to live in agony? A very tough issue indeed.
If he assists himself would it count?
ReplyDeleteTrail-mix: I DO hear what you are saying about having to endure unbearable pain while there is no hope for recovery. This is where I think doctors MUST come to terms with the fact they are not gods and start giving patients the kind of pain meds they need to help ease suffering--WHO CARES IF A TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT BECOMES ADDICTED!
ReplyDeleteIt definitely always is a concern to think someone might be 'helping' someone make up their mind to commit suicide when said person is not in their right frame of mind to begin with. MANY people have tried suicide and failed and then have been happy to be alive on the other end. Assisted suicide is a very slippery slope we have to avoid at all costs. AND we MUST do a better job of easing the distress--both physical and emotional--of terminally ill people.
If the good doc is so hep on "mercy killings" it's a wonder he hasn't done it to himself since he has a terminal illness.
ReplyDeleteDoug: Good point!
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