Lawyer: Kevorkian’s Health Deteriorating
The Associated Press
Saturday, May 20, 2006
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — An attorney for Jack Kevorkian said the
assisted-suicide advocate will probably not survive another year if
kept in prison, as he again asked the state to grant his client a
pardon or commute his sentence.
Lawyer Mayer Morganroth said he applied to the state Parole Board and
Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Friday seeking a pardon, parole or
commutation, citing the 77-year-old’s deteriorating health.
“Kevorkian has become increasingly frail and has fallen twice,
injuring his wrist and fracturing two ribs,” Morganroth said in a
statement.
His blood pressure has gone “through the roof,” the lawyer said
Saturday.
The former doctor is serving a 10- to 25-year sentence for
second-degree murder for giving a fatal injection of drugs in 1998. He
is eligible for parole in 2007.
In 2003, 2004 and 2005, Granholm followed the parole board’s advice in
denying applications for a commuted sentence or a pardon.
Kevorkian has said he assisted in at least 130 deaths, but has
promised that he will not assist another if released.
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