Election of '96
In the election of 1996 Bill Clinton ran against Robert Dole and Ross Perot. Bill Clinton was part of the Democratic party while Dole was a Republican and Perot was part of the Reform party. During the elections there was a significant lack of support from the southerners for Democrats causing Clinton to only win four Southern states.
In the end, Clinton won the popular vote (45,590,703) and the majority of the Electoral Votes(379) leaving Dole with only 37,826,307 votes and 159 electoral and Perot ended up with only 8,085,402 votes.
In the election of 1996 Bill Clinton ran against Robert Dole and Ross Perot. Bill Clinton was part of the Democratic party while Dole was a Republican and Perot was part of the Reform party. During the elections there was a significant lack of support from the southerners for Democrats causing Clinton to only win four Southern states.
In the end, Clinton won the popular vote (45,590,703) and the majority of the Electoral Votes(379) leaving Dole with only 37,826,307 votes and 159 electoral and Perot ended up with only 8,085,402 votes.
Whitewater
In 1978 Bill and Hilary Clinton partnered with James and Susan McDougal to purchase 220 acres of land to assemble the Whitewater Development Corp. however the venture failed costing them $40,000.
Later James McDougal entered the banking industry and forms the Madison Guaranty and Load. Then in 1986 federal regulators investigate an investment backed my McDougal. The investigation led to McDougal resignation for Madison and the company would soon collapse. People started to question is the Clinton's venture had anything to do with the collapse of the business.
During the investigation, prosecutor Robert B. Fiske learned that Clinton pressured David Hale, a banker from Arkansas, to make a loan to help bother the Clintons and Madson Guaranty and Loans. The grand jury would issue a subpoena for the Clintons to hand over any papers that related to Madison Guaranty. They reported the papers missing" but were later found and cleared the Clintons of any wrongdoing.
While the investigation went on they information that David Hale was to make an illegal $300,000 federally-backed loan to Susan McDougal. The allegation did not go through mostly because Hale was later convicted of numerous felonies ( Bob Schneider).
In 1978 Bill and Hilary Clinton partnered with James and Susan McDougal to purchase 220 acres of land to assemble the Whitewater Development Corp. however the venture failed costing them $40,000.
Later James McDougal entered the banking industry and forms the Madison Guaranty and Load. Then in 1986 federal regulators investigate an investment backed my McDougal. The investigation led to McDougal resignation for Madison and the company would soon collapse. People started to question is the Clinton's venture had anything to do with the collapse of the business.
During the investigation, prosecutor Robert B. Fiske learned that Clinton pressured David Hale, a banker from Arkansas, to make a loan to help bother the Clintons and Madson Guaranty and Loans. The grand jury would issue a subpoena for the Clintons to hand over any papers that related to Madison Guaranty. They reported the papers missing" but were later found and cleared the Clintons of any wrongdoing.
While the investigation went on they information that David Hale was to make an illegal $300,000 federally-backed loan to Susan McDougal. The allegation did not go through mostly because Hale was later convicted of numerous felonies ( Bob Schneider).
Jack Kevorkian
Kevorkian was an advocate for physician-assisted suicide. Many were against this but it did not stop him from doing what he believed was right. Kevorkian graduated from the University of Michigan in 1952 with a specialty in pathology, the study of diseases. in 1956 he published an article titled "The Fundus Oculi and the Determination of Death" which initially started his "fame".
In 1990, Kevorkian created the Euthanasia device which allowed patients to press a button themselves or with the help of Kevorkian to release drugs or chemicals that would eventually kill the patient. He would only use this device for two patients, Janet Adkins(1990) and Marjorie Wantz(1991). The rest of his patients would die from carbon monoxide poising inhaled through a face mask. In the year of the election of 1996, The U.S, Circuit Court of Appeals located in San Francisco rules that mentally competent, terminally ill adults have a constitutional right to aid in dying from doctors, health care workers and family members. It is the first time a federal appeals court endorses assisted suicide. (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kevorkian/chronology.html). Then in April 1st of '96 Kevorkian is tried for the deaths of Marjorie Wantz and Sherry Miller. If convicted of the deaths of Wantz and Miller he could face 5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. On the 14th of May the jury finds him not guilty.
Then in 1998 the show 60 minutes airs a video of Kevorkian giving a lethal injection to Thomas Youk who suffered from Lou Gehrig's disease. Kevorkian is charged with first-degree murder and for violating the assisted suicide law. It's only on April 13th, 1999 he is convicted and is sentenced to 10-25 years in prison. He only serves eight years with parole. Kevorkian assists in over 100 suicides from 1990-1998.
Kevorkian was an advocate for physician-assisted suicide. Many were against this but it did not stop him from doing what he believed was right. Kevorkian graduated from the University of Michigan in 1952 with a specialty in pathology, the study of diseases. in 1956 he published an article titled "The Fundus Oculi and the Determination of Death" which initially started his "fame".
In 1990, Kevorkian created the Euthanasia device which allowed patients to press a button themselves or with the help of Kevorkian to release drugs or chemicals that would eventually kill the patient. He would only use this device for two patients, Janet Adkins(1990) and Marjorie Wantz(1991). The rest of his patients would die from carbon monoxide poising inhaled through a face mask. In the year of the election of 1996, The U.S, Circuit Court of Appeals located in San Francisco rules that mentally competent, terminally ill adults have a constitutional right to aid in dying from doctors, health care workers and family members. It is the first time a federal appeals court endorses assisted suicide. (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kevorkian/chronology.html). Then in April 1st of '96 Kevorkian is tried for the deaths of Marjorie Wantz and Sherry Miller. If convicted of the deaths of Wantz and Miller he could face 5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. On the 14th of May the jury finds him not guilty.
Then in 1998 the show 60 minutes airs a video of Kevorkian giving a lethal injection to Thomas Youk who suffered from Lou Gehrig's disease. Kevorkian is charged with first-degree murder and for violating the assisted suicide law. It's only on April 13th, 1999 he is convicted and is sentenced to 10-25 years in prison. He only serves eight years with parole. Kevorkian assists in over 100 suicides from 1990-1998.