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A jury began deliberations in the trial of Jack Kevorkian, an American practitioner of physician-assisted suicide who was charged with murder in the death of a terminally ill patient.
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Jack Kevorkian
American pathologist and euthanasia activist (1928–2011)
Murad Jacob Kevorkian was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, "Dying is not a crime". Kevorkian said that he assisted at least 130 patients to that end.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Euthanasia
Intentionally ending a life to relieve pain and suffering
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Terminal illness
Incurable fatal disease
Terminal illness or end-stage disease is a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and is expected to result in the death of the patient. This term is more commonly used for progressive diseases such as cancer, rather than fatal injury. In popular use, it indicates a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)