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World Service,27 Mar 2014,9 mins

The Conviction of Jack Kevorkian

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In March 1999 a former pathologist called Jack Kevorkian was convicted of murder in the US state of Michigan. He had become notorious for performing euthanasia on patients who had asked him to end their lives. Lucy Burns speaks to his lawyer, Geoffrey Fieger.

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