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HBO Film Inflames Dr. Death's Critics

Al Pacino will play the role of Jack Kevorkian, the enigmatic pathologist known as "Dr. Death" and "Jack the Dripper," who assisted in more than 130 suicides with his "mercy machine." The flamboyant doctor, who served eight years in prison on a second-degree murder charge, was released from a Michigan maximum security prison in 2007 with a parole pledge that he never kill again. The made-for-television movie, "You Don't Know Jack," directed by Barry Levinson ("Rain Main") with a script by...Full Story
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