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The treatment of chronic pain is an issue of national importance. If petitioner’s conviction is allowed to stand then any single opioid prescription can be called into question based upon misconceptions which should not be allowed to permeate the atmosphere of The American Courtroom.

Excerpt: “Dr. Mangino has been unjustly prosecuted and convicted in Pennsylvania. His case is unusual. He is currently incarcerated at SCI-Cresson… Essentially, in PA and nationwide, if this conviction is allowed to stand on the grounds presented by prosecution, then any single opioid prescription can be deemed illegal.” — Dr. Mangino

I am very glad to see physicians, who have themselves been savaged by the government, publishing their stories. Consider Dr. Jackson’s article, Conviction without a Crime, to be a companion piece to Dr. Rottschaefer’s article discussed in the previous item here, The Criminal Criminal Justice System. Together these two articles will give the reader a good sense, I think, of the utter breakdown of professional ethics, common sense, and fairness in any case involving controlled substances.

Blog entry. Several days ago Dr. William Mangino that this blog has followed in depth (see links above and below), sent me three documents, some fifteen pages in all, handwritten in block text, which I will call “Mangino Petitioner\’s Motion” including a legal brief, and supporting documents to the judge.” (Available as PDF) [...]

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

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 …

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…”

Blog post by Dr. William Mangino on the occasion of his making bail pending sentencing. Excerpt: “Now I know what (pro bono legal consultant) Mary Baluss meant when she asked me ‘Have you ever seen a real trial?’ … In reality, every witness testifying against me, except two, lied or significantly twisted the truth in my trial. The most honest guy was the DEA Agent who admitted that the government had no definition of legitimate medical practice. But the jurors never fully understood that this meant that they needed to factor that into their decision.”

Blog post with revised details about: Dr. William Mangino remains incarcerated awaiting sentencing which is scheduled for August 8th in Newcastle, PA. Contact information: 1) Address to write to Mangio in jail provided; 2) address and instructions to contribute to Mangino Defense Fund provided. In my next post on the Mangio case, I want to consider in more depth issues raised by the defense’s Omnibus Motion, entitled, Motion For a Directed Verdict of Not Guilty Or In the Alternative, Request For Additional Jury Instructions, especially the section of that document that addresses the Jury Instructions given at trial.

Blog post about: Dr. William Mangino remains incarcerated awaiting sentencing which is scheduled for August 8th in Newcastle, PA. Contact information: 1) Address to write to Mangio in jail provided; 2) address and instructions to contribute to Mangino Defense Fund provided. In my next post on the Mangio case, I want to consider in more depth issues raised by the defense’s Omnibus Motion, entitled, Motion For a Directed Verdict of Not Guilty Or In the Alternative, Request For Additional Jury Instructions, especially the section of that document that addresses the Jury Instructions given at trial.

Blog post about the conviction of Dr. William Mangino for violations of the state drug act and medicaid fraud. Link to full text of Mangino’s Omnibus Motion which pertains to request for summary Not Guilty and discussion of Jury Instructions. This document is discussed. Mangino Verdict III will concern bail and defense fund matters.

First of a series of blog posts regarding the trial of pain doctor William Mangino. Excerpt: “The prosecution asked only one question on cross examination of defense expert Dr. Tennant. The prosecution brought forth no further expert testimony. The defense felt Tennant’s testimony was sufficiently strong and his credibility and professional stature so huge relative to the prosecution expert, and that the prosecution had failed to make it’s case. And so on 2007-07-03, the defense choose not to call it’s second defense expert (myself) and choose not to put Dr. Mangino on the stand, and rested.”