But was she so out of it that HE administered the final, lethal dose? Did he regularly do this to her and this time the combination with everything else was just too much and it really was just an accident? Who knows.
In any event, IMO it seems to be manslaughter/negligent homicide at the very least for HKS and the doctor(s). Look at this case:
In Florida in the same year, Dr. James Graves was not so lucky, becoming the first U.S. physician to be convicted of manslaughter related to an OxyContin prescription, after local authorities charged that four of his patients fatally overdosed on OxyContin, some of them after combining it with illegal street drugs. Graves contended that his patients would not have died if they had taken the drugs as directed. He is currently serving 63 years.
Interesting article on Dr. Graves (good name for a doctor!):
According to experts, mixing alcohol with this particular drug could have been the fatal mistake. Did she or did she not go out drinking? Did they drink in the room?
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