Coverage dated April 19, 2022 to April 20, 2022

Ohio doctor acquitted in fentanyl deaths

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

An Ohio doctor who had been accused of killing 14 patients with overdoses of fentanyl from 2014-18 was acquitted Wednesday by a county jury, bringing an end to one of the state's largest murder cases, which set off a debate about end-of-life medical care.

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  1. Hickory Daily Record

    Ohio doctor found not guilty in 14 hospital patient deaths (opens Hickory Daily Record)

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    Hickory Daily Record's feed description

    Ohio doctor accused of 14 hospital patient deaths by ordering excessive painkillers found not guilty of all murder counts.

  2. KYMA Yuma

    Ohio doctor accused of overprescribing fentanyl to the dying found not guilty of murder (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    KYMA Yuma's feed description

    CNN, WBNS By Eric Levenson, Jean Casarez and Lauren del Valle, CNN The Ohio doctor accused of overprescribing fentanyl to his critically ill patients and hastening their deaths was found not guilty of 14 counts of murder on Wednesday.

  3. East Idaho News

    Doctor accused of overprescribing fentanyl to the dying found not guilty of murder (opens East Idaho News)

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    East Idaho News's feed description

    (CNN) — The Ohio doctor accused of overprescribing fentanyl to his critically ill patients and hastening their deaths was found not guilty of 14 counts of murder on Wednesday. William Husel and his attorney embraced at the defense table after the 14th and final not guilty verdict was read in court.

  4. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Ohio Doctor Found Not Guilty in High-dose Fentanyl Deaths of 14 Hospital Patients (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    A jury acquitted an Ohio doctor accused of ordering excessive amounts of painkillers that led to multiple patient deaths at a Columbus-area hospital following a weeks long trial

  5. New York Times

    Ohio Doctor Is Acquitted of Killing Patients With Fentanyl (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The doctor, William Husel, had been charged with murder after 14 of his patients overdosed on fentanyl, the powerful opioid.

  6. NBC News

    Verdict reached in trial against former Ohio doctor accused in 14 high-dose fentanyl deaths (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    William Husel’s trial, which lasted about two months, has been one of the biggest cases of its kind against a health care professional in the U.S.

  7. Forbes

    Ohio Doctor Accused Of Giving Deadly Fentanyl Prescriptions To Critically Ill Patients Found Not Guilty (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The trial for Husel, who was accused of murdering 14 intensive care patients by giving them lethal doses of Fentanyl, lasted roughly two months.

  8. The Daily Caller

    Doctor Accused Of Murdering 14 Patients With Lethal Doses Of Fentanyl Found Not Guilty (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    An Ohio doctor accused of murdering more than a dozen patients by overprescribing fentanyl was found not guilty of murder Wednesday.

  9. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Ohio doctor acquitted in fentanyl deaths (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    An Ohio doctor who had been accused of killing 14 patients with overdoses of fentanyl from 2014-18 was acquitted Wednesday by a county jury, bringing an end to one of the state's largest murder cases, which set off a debate about end-of-life medical care.

  10. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Doctor accused of overprescribing fentanyl to ill people found not guilty of murder (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    (CNN) — The Ohio doctor accused of overprescribing fentanyl to […]

  11. Washington Examiner

    Doctor accused of killing 14 patients with fentanyl acquitted (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    An Ohio doctor accused of prescribing fatal doses of fentanyl to 14 patients over the course of four years has been acquitted of all charges.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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