John "Jack" R. Curry (died 1990) was an American man who specialized in the assisted suicides of gay men who have contracted AIDS. His first two assisted suicides were his personal friends: one in San Francisco, and one in Los Angeles. He ransacked their homes to stage a burglary, then had them shoot themselves in the back of the head so that their families still qualified for life insurance.
However, when he assisted in the suicide of his boyfriend, Bobby Holland, he himself shot Holland in the head after Holland ransacked his own place. Detectives Max Greevey and Mike Logan were able to trace the killing of Holland to the deaths in California, and then to Curry himself. He was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, first-degree conspiracy, first-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, promoting a suicide attempt, and second-degree reckless endangerment, with civil rights attorney Julia DeBakey representing him.
During the course of the trial, Curry was supported by many gay activists, who believed that he was committing mercy killings; the defense's case argued the same. It was revealed that Curry was diagnosed with AIDS, and the lead prosecutor, Executive ADA Benjamin Stone, was tempted to abandon the case. However, after a copycat killing was committed, with a mother shooting her mentally disabled child, Stone elected to continue. After Logan was called as a hostile witness by DeBakey and attested to Stone's apprehension pursuing the case, Curry was found not guilty on all counts except for reckless endangerment, receiving a suspended sentence of six months of probation. It is presumed that he died after the court case was concluded.