DETROIT -- Assisted suicide pioneer Dr. Jack Kevorkian is criticizing the arrest of members of what authorities call a nationwide network committed to helping others end their lives.Kevorkian has said he participated in about 130 deaths before going to prison in Michigan for second-degree murder.
The 80-year-old tells Detroit's WDIV-TV he considers the crackdown on the Marietta, Ga.-based Final Exit Network a "witch hunt" and "an inquisition." Four members are accused in a Georgia man's death.
But Cincinnati's WCPO-TV quotes Kevorkian saying the group's actions are "slightly illegitimate" because doctors aren't involved.
Kevorkian lawyer Mayer Morganroth tells the Detroit Free Press parole rules restrict Kevorkian's comments on the case.