Prosecutors Rest in Kevorkian Trial
Prosecutors showed jurors the central piece of evidence against Dr. Jack Kevorkian--the “60 Minutes” video of him giving a lethal injection to a man with Lou Gehrig’s disease--and quickly rested their murder case in Pontiac, Mich. Jurors watched intently but showed little emotion when prosecutors played the video. It shows Kevorkian asking Thomas Youk about his struggles with Lou Gehrig’s disease and getting consent for his death before injecting him withthree chemicals. By his own count, Kevorkian has taken part in more than 130 suicides since 1990.
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