Byline: JUSTIN HYDE Associated Press
PONTIAC, Mich. -- The jury at Jack Kevorkian's murder trial began deliberating Thursday after the suicide doctor compared himself to civil rights heroes Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks and all but asked the jurors to disregard a law he considers unjust.
``There are certain acts that by sheer common sense are not crimes,'' Kevorkian, acting as his own lawyer, said during closing arguments.
Prosecutor John Skrzynski said Kevorkian should not be allowed to ``make a political statement'' with the lethal injection he gave to Thomas Youk, a 52-year-old man with Lou Gehrig's disease. Youk's videotaped death aired on …
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