True Crime Friday: Jack Kevorkian, "Jack the Dripper"
Jack Kevorkian was a pathologist who murdered one hundred and thirty patients or even more. He has the monikers of Dr. Death and Jack the Dripper. He believed in Euthanasia and assisted with the suicide of his patients. After his first assisted suicide he went on to perform many others. Kevorkian escaped justice three times before he was convicted of second-degree murder. He was arrested in 1998 for murder after broadcasting the voluntary euthanasia of Thomas Youk. Kevorkian was released on parole on June 1, 2007. He was not allowed to offer advice about participating in or being present at the act of any type of euthanasia to any other person, nor that he promotes or talks about the procedure of assisted suicide. The Early Childhood of Jack Kevorkian Murad Jacob Kevorkian was born on May 26, 1928, in the State of Michigan. He was of Armenian descent. His father fled the Armenian genocide eventually reuniting with his brother who lived in Michigan. It would be in Michigan where he met ...
