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DETROIT, May 25 (UPI) -- Assisted-suicide advocate, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, reportedly will be paroled from a Michigan prison next week after serving eight years.
Kevorkian, who earned the nickname "Dr. Death," has no plans to participate in any more assisted suicides, his attorney, Mayer Morganroth told ABC.
Kevorkian was sentenced to 15 to 20 years in prison for the 1998 assisted suicide of Thomas Youk, which he videotaped and broadcast as part of an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes." He claimed to have participated in more than 100 suicides during the 1990s.
"He realizes now that breaking laws are not going to help," Morganroth told ABC. In the future, Kevorkian plans just to speak on the subject.
Kevorkian has been serving his sentence at the Lakeland Correctional Facility. He suffers from hepatitis C and hardening of the arteries in his temples. Morganroth said Kevorkian still can function but isn't in the best of shape.
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