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Sad: Dr. Rottschaefer Appeal Denied
 

 
Radley Balko; The Agitator; 2006-04-28. Posted: 2006-05-03. Modified: 2006-05-28.
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[Source: http://www.theagitator.com/archives/026517.php#026517]
 
Related resources:
The 'Sex for Drugs' Trials of Dr. Rottschaefer - WAR ON PAIN SUFFERERS series; #14; 2006
War on Doctors Journalism and Advocacy archives  
 
See also:
Third Circuit Denies Dr. Rottschaefer Appeal (PDF) – Rendell et. al; 2006
Bitter Pills - A Tale of Sex, Drugs and Deception [the Rottschaefer Trials] - Charlie Deitch; Pittsburgh City Paper; 2006.
Sex, Lies, and OxyContin  -  John Tierney, NYTimes; 2006
The Outrageous Case of Dr. Bernard Rottschaefer – R. Balko; 2005
Convicted Physician Seeking New Trial in Sex-for-Pills Case – T. Ove; 2005
Actions Against Physicians - AAPS; 2004
War on Doctors and Pain Crisis Weekly - RSS feed:   HTML view:
 

Bernard Rottschaefer's appeal was denied last night by the Third Circuit [PDF of Court Decision]. Oddly, the court didn't even mention the Gonzalez v. Oregon case, which held that federal prosecutors aren't permitted to determine what is and isn't legitimate medical practice.

Rottschaefer, you'll remember [see: Rottschaefer collection at Our Chronic Pain Mission], is the doctor convicted of drug distribution for prescribing what drug cops said was too much OxyContin to his patients. The case against him grew more absurd when the prosecution's star witness admitted in letters to her boyfriend that she lied on the stand about trading sex for prescriptions because the prosecution had promised her leniency for her own drug charges in return.

Rottschaefer's now going to prison for the crime of believing his patients when they told him they were in pain. To this day, U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan has refused to press perjury charges against her star witness, despite the overwhelming evidence that Ms. Riggle lied on the stand.

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