If you missed the 60 Minutes piece on Richard Paey — in prison for being in pain — you can view part of it here.
John Tierney follows up with a story about the prosecutor who put him away. A disturbing portrait of a man who appears to think that he’s just doing his job as a prosecutor, even as he arbitrarily decides what is the proper dose of medicine for a main in pain, and condemns someone to 25 years in prison without cause.
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