1. Jack Kevorkian “Dr. Death”
Abby armstrong Pd. 8

2. Background Born in Pontiac, Michigan to American Immigrants
Father left the Ottoman Empire and came to Pontiac in 1912
Mother fled the Armenian Genocide of 1915
Has 1 older sister and 1 younger sister
High School: Pontiac Central High School
College: University of Michigan Medical School
Worked at Henry Ford Hospital, University of Michigan Medical Center, Saratoga General Hospital
Specialized in Euthanasia medicine
Over a period of decades he developed several controversial ideas related to death
Had the idea of using death row inmates for medical purposes after the Supreme Court re-instituted the death penalty
As a pathologist he experimented with transfusing blood from the recently deceased into live patients
Started advertising in a Detroit newspaper as a physician consultant for “death counseling”
Was also a jazz musician and composer
Def: the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering.
Def: introduce again

3. Crimes Accused on Committing
Date
Victim(s)
Punishment
Assisted suicide
1990
Janet Adkins
Charged w/ murder
*case was dropped
Murder through assisted suicide
1991
-Marjorie Wantz
-Sherry Miller
Cases were dismissed
Resisting arrest & Obstructing justice
November 1998
N/A
Paid $900 fine
Second-degree murder & Illegal delivery of a controlled substance
**Medical license was revoked 8 years prior
March 26, 1999
Thomas Youk
25 years w/ possibility of parole
*Acted as his own lawyer
**Got out after 8 years 3 months on good behavior

4. Most Recent Crime
In September of 1998 he videotaped himself injecting Thomas Youk, who suffered from Lou Gehrig’s disease with a dose of lethal drugs.
Interviewed on 60 Minutes

5. Evidence Brought Against Criminal
The video he recorded of himself committing the crime
Admitted that he thought nothing was wrong with what he did when being interviewed on 60 Minutes

6. Sentence
Kevorkian was sentenced to 25 years with the possibility of parole
Got out after 8 years and 3 months on good behavior

7. Theory That Explains Deviant Behavior

8. Cultural References HBO movie “You Don’t Know Jack”
Played by Al Pacino