The Philadelphia abortion doctor who was convicted of first-degree murder for killing babies that were born alive in his clinic has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for running a pill mill out of the same clinic, according to a U.S. attorney's office statement.
Kermit Gosnell, 72,
pleaded guilty to prescribing and dispensing narcotics from June 2008 to
February 2010. He wrote fraudulent prescriptions for hundreds of
thousands of prescription pills -- including 600,000 pills containing
oxycodone -- to cash-paying customers who showed no medical need,
according to the Monday release from the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania.
Gosnell, along with his staff, allowed customers to purchase prescriptions under multiple names, pay in cash and give tips to the clinic's staff, according to the release.
Gosnell wrote more than
2,300 prescriptions for controlled substances in January 2010 alone,
charging up to $150 for each, according to the release.
Gosnell pleaded guilty to
conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, distribution and aiding
and abetting the distribution of oxycodone and maintaining a place for
the illegal distribution of controlled substances.
In May, Gosnell was
convicted on three counts of first-degree murder for killing babies at
his West Philadelphia abortion clinic by cutting their spinal cords with
scissors.
He was sentenced to life without parole in exchange for waiving his right to appeal the convictions. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty.
The medical clinic owned
by Gosnell had been growing increasingly reckless, according to a 2011
grand jury report. Gosnell and nine other employees at the Women's
Medical Center were charged with crimes for the illegal practices at the
clinic.
Eight people involved at the Gosnell's clinic have pleaded guilty to various charges, including four to murder.
SOURCE:CNN
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