Drug-Induced Homicide Defense Toolkit
36 Pages Posted: 11 Nov 2018 Last revised: 11 Dec 2018
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
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Valena Elizabeth Beety
West Virginia University - College of Law ( email )
101 Law School Drive
Morgantown, WV West Virginia 26506
United States
Alex Kreit
Ohio State University - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Drug Enforcement and Policy Center ( email )
55 West 12th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
United States
Leo Beletsky
Northeastern University - School of Law; Northeastern University - Bouvé College of Health Sciences ( email )
416 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
United States
617-373-5540 (Phone)
