USA Today - - In his first national interview since being paroled, Dr. Jack Kevorkian spoke a few minutes ago on Fox News Channel's Your World With Neil Cavuto and the topic of Michael Jackson's death came up. Cavuto asked if Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, might have committed murder by providing lethal amounts of prescription medication. "No, I don’t think he was malicious. Murder is defined by forethought …Did the doctor have forethought? I doubt it.” Added Kevorkian, 81, “The patient got what he wanted. He is the one who said yes or no to take a drug.”It's
the same scenario Kevorkian said applied to him as he helped terminally ill patients die, which eventually led to his eight-year prison sentence on second-degree murder charges. "I have no regrets. Everyone I helped welcomed death. I do what a physician should do -- what is best for the patient, period. If I did it with malice or forethought and without permission than I would be a murderer. But, they forgot the definition of murder when they criticized me; because it’s so negative, they win by fear.” Full Story
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