Judge Won’t Suspend Kevorkian’s License
A judge on Wednesday ordered Dr. Jack Kevorkian not to assist in suicides in California but refused a request to suspend Kevorkian’s license to practice medicine in the state.
Kevorkian has assisted in 15 suicides in his home state of Michigan. The last two people he helped to die were from California, prompting state officials to seek the revocation of his license here.
Deputy Atty. Gen. Thomas Lazar argued that Kevorkian’s California license should be suspended pending a revocation hearing because he has acted irresponsibly as a doctor and poses a threat to the state’s citizens.
But Administrative Law Judge M. Gayle Askren said he has no reason to believe that Kevorkian would travel to California to assist in suicides.
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