Kevorkian Fined for Interfering With Officers
Assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian was convicted for the first time Wednesday, for two misdemeanor charges involving a confrontation with police when he dropped off a body at a hospital.
The verdict came one day after longtime Kevorkian lawyer Geoffrey Fieger lost his Democratic bid for Michigan governor and voters rejected a measure that would have made Michigan the second state with legalized physician-assisted suicide. Kevorkian opposed the measure as too restrictive.
Judge Daniel Sawicki fined Kevorkian $700, plus $200 in court costs. Kevorkian let a friend pay the fine.
Kevorkian, a retired pathologist, has acknowledged being present at about 120 deaths and said he would not stop his campaign on behalf of assisted suicide.
Kevorkian was convicted of interfering with police and resisting arrest. He was charged in a May 7 confrontation with police outside William Beaumont Hospital, where officers impounded Kevorkian’s car as he helped deliver the body of Matt Johnson, 26, a quadriplegic from Aptos, Calif.
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