After killing his 27 patients, lawyers for Jack Kevorkian are pondering a move out west.
Despite having no medical license in any state, Jack Kevorkian has reportedly decided to move his business from Michigan to California and try his luck with the Golden State authorities.
Although he has successfully flouted the law in Michigan which bans assisted suicide, his cause has not achieved widespread sympathy. Far from becoming the champion of the euthanasia movement, Kevorkian has instead become the butt of jokes for the late night talk show hosts, particularly David Letterman.
So, the L.A. Times reports, he may move his act to California in the hopes of gaining sympathy in a more liberal part of the country.
Kevorkian, however, may be running into more trouble than he bargained for when he moves west. A 1988 California law says that upon conviction, assisted suicide is punishable by up to five years in prison.
California’s Deputy Attorney General has also promised that Kevorkian’s path may not be as smooth as he thinks: “You can’t open a business in this state or any state in order to do something that is illegal.”
The L.A. Times also reports that in 1988, Kevorkian had contacted the Hemlock Society for cooperation in opening a euthanasia centre in Los Angeles but was turned down by the organization.
