Assisted suicide 'Dr. Death' to run for US Congress

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CHICAGO (AFP) — Assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, whose controversial tactics earned him the nickname Doctor Death, plans to run for the US Congress.

"We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington," Kevorkian said when announcing his bid to his hometown newspaper in Michigan, the Oakland Press, in an article published Wednesday.

Kevorkian, who spent more than eight years in jail for the murder of a man whose videotaped assisted suicide was aired on national television, claims he actively helped 130 people die.

He vowed to continue to lobby for the legalization of assisted suicide when he was released from jail last June but said he has no desire to go back to jail.

He told the Oakland Press that he will run as...