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> The best outcome in my mind here is that the doctors lose their medical licenses permanently.

The best outcome, I would think, includes a number of people spending several years in federal prison for deprivation of rights under color of law (18 USC Sec. 242) [1], as well as any licensed professionals involved losing the relevant professional licenses.

[1] http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/242




Good luck ever finding a federal prosecutor who gives a crap about this rather than spending time making their bones on drug cases ...


Well, yes, "best" and "most likely" are two different things.

Of course, if punishing people for violating people's rights was something people were willing to actually hold politicians accountable for as much or more than punishing drug dealers, then US Attorneys -- always political appointees and usually also politicians -- would be much more concerned about it.

Accept-and-mutter-darkly just preserves the status quo.


"Accept-and-mutter-darkly just preserves the status quo."

I don't accept and mutter darkly, i just think the majority of the populace in the US is happy "as long as it doesn't happen to them", so i'm not sure much will change?




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