Drug-Induced Homicide Defense Toolkit

Beety, Valena Elizabeth; Kreit, Alex; Goulka, Jeremiah; Beletsky, Leo

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3265510

Drug-Induced Homicide Defense Toolkit

Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 467

36 Pages Posted: 11 Nov 2018 Last revised: 11 Dec 2018

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Valena Elizabeth Beety

Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law; West Virginia University - College of Law

Leo Beletsky

Northeastern University - School of Law; Northeastern University - Bouvé College of Health Sciences; Division of Infectious Disease and Global Public Health, UCSD School of Medicine

Date Written: October 12, 2018

Abstract

In response to the growing opioid crisis, many prosecutors are treating overdose deaths as homicides. Since 2010, drug-induced homicide prosecutions have increased at least threefold. Criminal defense attorneys and defendants' families have asked for help in understanding these cases and how to defend them. This Toolkit is an effort to provide that help.

Keywords: drug-induced homicide, drug-induced death

JEL Classification: K14, I14, I3

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Beety, Valena Elizabeth and Kreit, Alex and Goulka, Jeremiah and Beletsky, Leo, Drug-Induced Homicide Defense Toolkit (October 12, 2018). Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 467. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3265510 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3265510