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Retired pathologist dubbed 'Dr Death' released from correctional facility

(1 Jun 2007) SHOTLIST 1. Wide shot of Jack Kevorkian walking out with attorneys, zooms in 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mayer Morganroth, Jack Kevorkian's attorney: "He's not going to talk at this particular time. He thanks everybody for coming. He thanks everybody, the thousands of people who supported him and written to him and the enormous amount of people that have really been comfortable in supporting him. He just wants some privacy for the next few days." 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Kevorkian, assisted suicide advocate (Q: "You're smiling too.") "Oh sure, yeah." (Q: "After eight years.") "It was wonderful... one of the high points in life." 4. Wide shot of van, zooms in, van driving off STORYLINE: Jack Kevorkian, the retired pathologist dubbed "Dr. Death" after claiming he had participated in at least 130 assisted suicides, left prison after eight years on Friday. The 79-year-old walked out of the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Michigan, about 100 miles west-southwest of Detroit. A smiling Kevorkian said it was "one of the high points of life" as he paused near a white van that was waiting for him. He was welcomed by noted television journalist Mike Wallace, a correspondent for the CBS News program "60 Minutes." Kevorkian's attorney, Mayer Morganroth, said his client planned a news conference next week. "He thanks everybody for coming. He thanks the thousands who have supported him, have written to him and the enormous amount of people who have really been comfortable in supporting him," Morganroth said. "He just wants a little privacy for the next few days," he added. Throughout the 1990s, Kevorkian challenged authorities to make his actions legal or try to stop him. Michigan has had a law banning assisted suicide since 1998, the same year voters rejected a ballot proposal that would have made physician-assisted suicide legal for terminally ill patients. Kevorkian was ultimately convicted of murder after injecting lethal drugs into Thomas Youk, a 52-year old man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease. That conviction earned Kevorkian a 10- to 25-year sentence for second degree murder, but he earned time off his sentence for good behaviour. Kevorkian was expected to move to Bloomfield Hills, just outside Detroit, where he will live with friends and resume the artistic and musical hobbies he missed while in prison. Kevorkian has promised never to help in another assisted suicide. But Ruth Holmes, who has worked as his legal assistant and handled his correspondence while he was in prison, said his views on the subject haven't changed. His lawyer and friends have said he plans to live on a small pension and Social Security while doing some writing and make some speeches, although he said he doesn't expect them all to be on euthanasia or assisted suicide. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...