On December 29, 2011, AAPS filed an Amicus Brief with the Supreme Court of the United States asking the Court to reverse the 20 year sentence given to Perry Reese, MD, a rural family doctor, for the alleged improper prescribing of pain medications.
The question posed to the Court is whether a physician can be properly convicted for his medical decisions, and sentenced to imprisonment for 20 years, without proof beyond a reasonable doubt that he had criminal intent, mens rea, by acting with an illegitimate medical purpose.
Download Brief: http://www.aapsonline.org/judicial/reese-12-29-2011.pdf
