Wash. Post: Hurwitz Guilty of Drug Trafficking

Pain Doctor Is Guilty of Drug Trafficking - In Retrial, Physician Convicted Again of Prescribing Large Quantities of Narcotics (full text, source); Jerry Markon; Washington Post; page B05; 2007-04-28. Excerpt: “[Hurwitz] crossed the line from a healer to a dealer,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Gene Rossi told the jury in closing arguments April 18. William Hurwitz, portrayed as a drug dealer by prosecutors, is a hero to advocates of patients in pain. Defense lawyers presented testimony from 10 former patients of Hurwitz. The defense portrayed him as a medical pioneer, a caring and courageous doctor who just wanted to help people in unbearable pain.

Comment: Like many Hurwitz supporters and Pain Relief advocates, I am worn out and brain-numb this morning. So I’ll probably regret trying to understand the verdict, which I am finding more confusing every time I review Mary Baluss’s excellent charge by charge, Guilty/Not Guilty breakdown of the verdict.

I’ll post my Initial Confusions about this verdict soon.

..alex…

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