From the Oakland [MI] Press and the Associated Press:

Jack Kevorkian, released from prison last year after serving eight years for second-degree murder, picked up petitions to run for Congress from Michigan’s 9th District.

A retired pathologist, Kevorkian claims to have assisted in the suicides of at least 130 people from 1990 until 1998. Kevorkian, 79, was convicted in the death of Thomas Youk, which he filmed and had broadcast on CBS’ “60 Minutes.”

“We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington,” Kevorkian said.

In a comment on a New York Times blog, disability activist Stephen Drake says Kevorkian’s actions cast doubt on his earlier claims of poor health — claims that may have helped shorten his stay in prison. Kevorkian had received a 10- to 25-year sentence.

For one thing, Kevorkian’s lawyer claimed - several years in a row - that Kevorkian had “less than a year to live.” Seems that Michigan voters have a right to know whether or not Kevorkian will live out the term of office. If his doctor says he can, then Kevorkian has to answer why his lawyer apparently misrepresented his health status while arguing for his early release from prison.

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