Jurors: Deciding Dr. Luyao’s Fate was ‘Difficult, Emotional’

Jurors: Deciding Dr. Luyao’s Fate was ‘Difficult, Emotional’ (full text) Derek Simmonsen; TCPalm.com; 2006-03-09. Posted: 2006-03-12

“‘We were like six college students researching a paper,’ said <juror> Sanders, <recalling> counting pills in bottles and passing around autopsy records, medical charts and pharmacy notes so each <juror> could read the evidence and give their opinions.”

Comment (DeLuca): Every doctors nightmare: jurors without medical education, led by venal prosecutors, passing judgment on the basis of medical documents they are unqualified to interpret, in a criminal case. <shudder>

See also: Luyao Trials Part of Wider Debate – Derek Simmonsen; TCPalm.com Local News; 2006-03-12. Posted: 2006-03-12.

Reynolds (PRN) Comments on Luyao Conviction (PDF) – Siobhan Reynolds, President: Pain Relief Network; Pain and Social Policy listServ; 2006-03-07. Posted: 2006-03-12.

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