Archive for: September 2007

In jury trials, what is more important than factual guilt or innocence is the reasoning and beliefs of the jurors. If the trials of Richard Paey, William Mangino, and others have taught us anything, it is that actual innocence is not a reliable defense. I think I know why.

Letter from Linda Paey to the pain relief advocates of the Pain Relief Network expressing her gratitude to all concerned for her husband’s safe return to their family.

Press release from Siobhan Reynolds and the Pain Relief Network about the pardon of Richard Paey by Gov Charlie Crist of Florida, September 2007. Ms Reynolds mentions organizations and journalists deserving of thanks in this successful effort. Links to these are provided.

Dr. Paul Heberle’s notes from which he testified at Dr. Mangino\’s sentencing hearing, September 2007.

Letter from attorney John Flannery to the pain advocacy community reflecting on the case of Richard Paey, now fully pardoned, and the role played by Siobhan Reynolds and the Pain Relief Network in producing this major victory in the Pain Crisis.

A collection of cartoons, images, poems and a story, by or about members of the Pain Relief Network, about the war on doctors and the pain crisis in America.

“This final meeting determines Richard\’s fate, either they allow him to come home to his family after 3 1/2 years in prison, or he will have to serve his mandatory 25 year sentence.” – Linda Paey (Richard\’s Wife)

This is it, tomorrow is the day, and I am at once elated and anxious. Tomorrow, the petition for clemency for 48 year old Richard Paey, a wheelchair-bound Florida man with failed back syndrome and Multiple Sclerosis, and a morphine pump in his spine courtesy of the State of Florida Dept. of Corrections, will be heard.

The unofficial soundtrack to the Pain Relief Network’s civil liberties movement for people in chronic pain. (Embedded music video of CAKE playing “Stickshifts and Safety Belts” and “Love you madly.”)

Pain relief activist Christine Heberle on the bond hearing of Dr. William Mangino, Newcastle, PA, 2007-09-14. Excerpt: “First let me say for those unfamiliar with the case that this is truly a crime-less conviction. He was charged with the typical state charges of prescribing outside the bounds of a responsible segment of the medical community. Now I know that is not what the statute says, but it is how the prosecution phrases it. The prosecutions expert witness (Dr. Evanko) said that Dr. Mangino’s prescribing was not excessive, and the charts reviewed were of chronic pain patients who needed care. In …

**_Mangino: Justice will not be Served_**; by William Mangino, M.D.; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2007-09-12. **See also:**
[Mangino Verdict I: Is Treating Pain a Crime?][m1]
[Mangino IIIa - Bail Strategy Changes][m3a] —– I will be sentenced on this Friday. The proceeding begins at 11 A.M in Newcastle Pennsylvania. I am expecting a sentence of 10-20 years in prison. I will not have time to email everyone individually. Nor will I be making any phone calls-I am too busy writing the appeal. …

This Resource Is the index or table of contents page for a collection entitled: THE PATHOLOGICAL DEA, which consists of several articles from the January issue of the peer-reviewed journal, Pain Medicine, by physicians, researchers and advocates most of whom worked with the DEA to produce the now infamous Amazing Vanishing DEA FAQ. The articles provide a glimpse into the feelings of personal hurt and professional betrayal experienced by these clinicians and academics of good will when the DEA abruptly disavowed the FAQ and wratcheded up attacks on pain doctors. Truly Fascinating articles by Heit, Fishman, Passik, and Rowe – …

Dr. Mangino’s comments on “bonding out of jail” – excerpt: “have ‘Bonded’ out of jail as of 5 P.M. today. I thank those several people who contributed the $ 3900 dollars I needed to be released. My attorneys also worked very hard…”