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A federal grand jury indicted a Virginia doctor on 95 counts, including 14 counts of illegally dispensing medication leading to death or bodily harm and 64 counts of prescribing medication without reason. The doctor was accused of contributing to seven deaths by overprescribing OxyContin and other painkillers. In October 2003, a federal jury failed to convict the doctor of 69 charges against him, with more than 30 of the charges being exonerated and deadlocked on the rest.
Due to the deadlocked charges, the judge declared a mistrial and is considering if the charges will be dismissed or not. According to testimony, in one year the doctor wrote prescriptions for $1.6 million worth of OxyContin and the prosecutors are seeking new indictments despite the fact that the judge has not yet ruled.
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