JACK KEVORKIAN

Background on Kevorkian's assisted-suicide "career":

• The Real Jack Kevorkian International Task Force documented fact sheet about Jack Kevorkian's background, credentials, goals, early victims, etc. (1995)

• Victim List Names and ages of Kevorkian's known victims and the dates of their deaths.

• Kevorkian's Plans for Human Experimentation On June 7, 1998, 45-year-old Joseph Tushkowski became Jack Kevorkian's 109th known victim and the first known to have had his organs removed. According to the medical examiner, Tushkowski's sweater was pulled up, his belly opened and his kidneys pulled out. Kevorkian has other plans for human experimentation.

Articles:

"I did know Jack"
( Metro Times - Detroit, MI USA - October 21, 2009 )
Dr. Death is emotionally about as cold as anyone I have ever met, writes Jack Lessenberry. More

"A face-to-face with a defiant Dr. Death" (Detroit Free Press,  6/10/07)
"At that moment, with his face contorted in disgust, I couldn't imagine a suffering so bad that I would want Kevorkian to be the last person I'd see on earth."

"'Dr. Death' Rides Again" (Weekly Standard, 6/4/07)
Assisted-suicide advocates will find it hard to conceal the many similarities between Jack Kevorkian's approach during the 1990s and the legalized Kevorkianism being carried out in Oregon today.  

"'Dr. Death' to join speaking circuit" (Washington Times, 5/22/07) 
Jack Kevorkian is set to cash in on the deaths that made him the face of physician assisted suicide.  Reports indicate that he will receive between $50,000 and $100,000 per speech.

"Kevorkian release already a circus" (Detroit Free Press, 5/11/07) 
Jack Kevorkian, the face of assisted suicide in the United States, is scheduled for release from prison on June 1, 2007 and the media can't wait to begin the interviews.  First in line is CBS "60 Minutes."

  "Dr Death Gets Out of Jail" (Weekly Standard, 12/14/06) 
Jack Kevorkian, the formerly unemployed pathologist and later  convicted murderer, is scheduled for parole soon.  

On November 20, 2001, the Michigan Court of Appeals unanimously upheld Jack Kevorkian's second-degree murder conviction. Kevorkian, who had served as his own attorney, claimed the lawyer who provided assistance to him at his trial was ineffective. He was sentenced to a 10 to 25 year prison but will be paroled in 2007. 

"A View to a Kill: Is Jack Kevorkian headed to a theater near you?" 
It's unlikely that the planned movie will have much to do with the real Kevorkian whose three-step plan, as he described it, was to popularize assisted suicide, use victims for organ procurement and, finally, to experiment on sick and disabled people before he killed them. (National Review Online, 12/14/05) 

Offender profile:  Jack Kevorkian, prisoner number 284797. (12/1/05)

Kevorkian Imprisoned for Murder (7/99)

Kevorkian Found Guilty of Murder (3/99)

Poll Findings about Kevorkian (3/99)

What Was Said about Kevorkian Verdict (3/99)

Kevorkian on Trial: The Death of Thomas Youk by Herbert Hendin (3/99)

Kevorkian Removes Kidneys from Assisted Suicide Victim Reminiscent of a scene out of a "mad scientist" movie, a "team comprised of Jack Kevorkian and his associates removed the kidneys...

Update Search Search back issues of the Update for documented information on the activities of Jack Kevorkian.

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Links to other sites for information about Jack Kevorkian (To return to International Task Force site after visiting outside sites, click "back" on your browser until you reach the International Task Force site):

Kevorkian's Art Work PBS site with Kevorkian's full color paintings and their explanations

The Kevorkian Verdict PBS Front Line documentary about Kevorkian (5/14/96)

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In addition to that listed above, information about Jack Kevorkian may be obtained by putting in the word "Kevorkian" as the text to search for at the International Task Force Site Search on the main page.