"In September 2014, a convicted murderer and rapist who argued he was living a life of unbearable psychological suffering in prison was granted the right to die under Belgium's liberal euthanasia laws, paving the way for at least 15 similar requests from other inmates." (McDonald-Gibson) By Belgium opening up the right for people living in the country to ask doctors to terminate their lives under extreme emotional or physical duress, anyone can qualify to have their life taken even if that person is not terminally ill
In 1998, Kevorkian videotaped the injection death of Thomas Youk which aired two months later on "60 Minutes." (Russell-Brown and Davis 188) He was again charged for murder, and in 1999 was convicted for second-degree murder and delivery of a controlled substance