Assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian has been released from prison in the US after serving eight years for murder.
Dubbed 'Doctor Death', the 79-year-old claims to have helped over 130 people die.
Dr Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder in 1999 after the US news programme 60 Minutes aired a video him administering a lethal injection to terminally ill man Thomas Youk.
Mr Youk, 52, suffered from ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Though most of the terminally ill people Kevorkian helped die managed to initiate their deaths with the help of his so-called 'mercy machines', the 1999 video showed him injecting the lethal dose.
After having eluded conviction on a number of previous charges, Kevorkian was convicted of Mr Youk's murder on 14 April, 1999.
On his release today, the former pathologist said he felt 'good', adding: 'It's wonderful. It's one of the high points of life.’ His lawyer thanked people for their support and asked that his client be given privacy for the next few days.
Kevorkian is expected to give his first exclusive interview on Sunday to the CBS news program 60 Minutes.
The same 60 Minutes programme in 1998 featured an interview with Kevorkian and segments of the videotaped assisted suicide of Mr Youk.
Kevorkian has vowed to continue to lobby for the legalisation of assisted suicide.
