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Dr. Jack Kevorkian is arraigned on murder charges after an assisted suicide was televised

DET98112504 - 26 NOVEMBER 1998 - WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN, USA - Dr. Jack Kevorkian (R) sits with attorney Robert Sedler during his arraignment on 1st degree murder charges in the assisted suicide death of Thomas Youk November 25. iw/bp/Bill Pugliano UPI

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Kevorkian seeks pardon or commutation

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Kevorkian bio film in the works

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Ben Kingsley tops the list of actors being considered to play Dr. Jack Kevorkian in a film about the U.S. assisted-suic Oscar-winning director Barbara Kopple, w

The softer side of Dr. Death

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