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    Dr. Death Released from Prison

    Jack Kevorkian , the retired pathologist who says he assisted at least 130 suicides, left prison in Detroit today, after completing eight years of a ten to twenty-five-year sentence for second degree murder. The man dubbed "Dr. Death" was convicted for injecting lethal drugs into a man suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease.   George Eighmey…

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    KCRW placeholderBy Sara Terry • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Jack Kevorkian, the retired pathologist who says he assisted at least 130 suicides, left prison in Detroit today, after completing eight years of a ten to twenty-five-year sentence for second degree murder. The man dubbed "Dr. Death" was convicted for injecting lethal drugs into a man suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease.George Eighmey is executive director of Compassion and Choices of Oregon.

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