Court TV plans live coverage of Michigan v. Kevorkian.Television Network (Court TV) plans live coverage of Michigan v. Kevorkian from Pontiac beginning on Tuesday, February 20 at 4:00pm (ET). CASE DESCRIPTION: Dr. Jack Kevorkian Jack Kevorkian, M.D. (IPA pronunciation: [kɛ.ˈvɔːɹ.ki.ɛn] [1]) (born May 20, some sources say May 26[2], 1928) is a controversial American pathologist. is charged with assisting the 1993 suicides of two chronically ill people. He is charged under a 1993 Michigan law which was enacted specifically to stop Kevorkian and made assisted suicide assisted suicide: see euthanasia. illegal. Although the law expired in 1994, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ordered the trial to go forward. NOTE: Court TV's live coverage of trials is subject to change, depending on court calendars. Court TV, a cable television network dedicated to educating viewers about the judicial process, is distributed to 24 million households throughout the United States and its territories, in addition to wireless receivers. Viewer information number: 1-800-COURT56. Internet: http://www.courttv.com. The service is a joint venture of American Lawyer Media ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media), is a leading integrated media company, focused on the legal and real estate communities. ALM owns and publishes 33 national and regional magazines and newspapers focused on the legal and real estate communities, including , L.P., Time Warner Inc. (TWX (TeletypeWriter eXchange Service) A U.S. and Canadian dial-up communications service that became part of Telex. In 1971, the Bell System sold TWX to Western Union. TWX transmitted 5-bit Murray code or 7-bit ASCII code at up to 150 bps. See Telex. ), NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. (GE) and Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCOMA). CONTACT: Trylon Communications, Inc. Lloyd Trufelman, (212) 818-9151 |
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