MICH. LAW IMMEDIATELY BANS AIDING SUICIDES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, February 26, 1993                   TAG: 9302260158
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-10   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LANSING, MICH.                                LENGTH: Short
MICH. LAW IMMEDIATELY BANS AIDING SUICIDES
The governor signed an immediate ban on assisted suicides Thursday soon after the Legislature passed it, spurred on by the three latest deaths aided by Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
But an attorney for Kevorkian said "it's just a matter of time" before the suicide-machine inventor defies the ban.
Police, meanwhile, searched Kevorkian's Royal Oak home on Thursday, but wouldn't say why. Royal Oak police obtained a search warrant on behalf of Roseville police, said Royal Oak Sgt. Doug Wolf, who wouldn't elaborate.
A right-to-life group monitoring the home said the warrant stemmed from information the group gave to authorities concerning the death of a 70-year-old Roseville man, Hugh Gale, the 13th of 15 people Kevorkian has helped commit suicide.
The group, Advocates for Life Ministries, said in a statement that it had uncovered "hard evidence" Kevorkian "killed his 13th victim." The statement didn't elaborate.
The state ban on assisted suicides originally was approved in December and was to start March 30. But Kevorkian's foes said they feared that painfully or terminally ill people were rushing to beat that ban.
Of 15 suicides that Kevorkian has assisted since 1990, seven - including three last week - have come since Gov. John Engler signed the original ban.
On Thursday, the House voted 92-10 to make the law effective immediately, and only 90 minutes later the Senate approved it 28-6.
In signing the bill later Thursday, Engler said, "Mr. Kevorkian has clearly crossed the line."

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB