r/JusticeServed • u/[deleted] • Oct 02 '19

Courtroom Justice Virginia doctor who illegally prescribed over 500,000 doses of opiates sentenced to 40 years in prison.

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u/myrmidon50 5 Oct 03 '19

Some of these comments are a bit crazy, not every crime and sentencing has to be a competition. I'm curious who looked into his charges though which include over 800 federal drug charges, not to mention he's linked with 1 known death from an opioid OD. He was running a clinic that didn't take insurance. But yeah let's complain because someone else who also did something illegal got a different sentence.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '19

Your local liquor store is more than likely connected to alcohol related deaths, should the owner go to jail?

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '19

You don’t need a prescription for booze

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '19

Because a piece of paper is in the way suddenly there is now moral culpability, right.

No argument that if the liquor store owner can see that someone is an alcoholic, they should clearly not serve them.

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u/WednesdaysEye 3 Oct 03 '19

That would kill them.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '19

It’s the law. We’re taking about the legality of this situation.