Pain Relief Network

Richard Paey

 

About Richard

Richard V. Paey was sentenced on April 16, 2004 to a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years and fined $500,000. Paey, in his wheelchair with a morphine pump sewn into his ruined back, will live out-what for him is a death sentence-in a Florida prison for possessing the medicine that he requires to survive.

Judge David D. Diskey heard Linda Paey’s pleas for mercy, but could not exercise judicial discretion because of a mandatory minimum sentencing. “This is the problem for the Florida state legislature and the governor,” Judge Diskey said.

“Richard Paey was prosecuted three times in the very same district that is represented by Senator Mike Fasano, the sponsor of Florida’s Prescription Monitoring Bill (Senate Bill 580). Sen. Fasano’s claim that prosecutors won’t use private medical information gathered in government computers against patients in pain, is exposed for the hollow assurance it is,” Executive Director of PRN, Siobhan Reynolds said.

Senate Bill 580, and it’s companion bill-House Bill 397, would allow more government intrusion into medical privacy, further chilling legitimate pain management and allowing prosecutors to attack yet more people in pain like Richard Paey.

Pain Relief Network is working with the Paey family to develop an appeal and to keep the hope alive. PRN commends Richard and his family for their show of extraordinary character and perseverance. The pain community owes them an enormous debt of gratitude.

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Learn More About Richard Paey and The Pain Crisis in America:
The Chilling Effect (Running Time: 56 min.)
  

News Articles About Richard Paey:
 
 
Update on Richard Paey
Pain Relief Network (NM) 

The New York Times
 
Letters to Jeb Bush:

Letter to Jeb Bush from Russell K. Portenoy MD

Letter to Jeb Bush from Christine Heberle

Letter to Jeb Bush from Rich Cranium

Letters From Jeb Bush

Standard Response Letter from Jeb Bush

Thank Florida Governor Charlie Crist:

Visit the Contact section of Charlie Crist's Website

The Honorable Charlie Crist The Capitol 400 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, Fla. 32399
Phone: 850-488-7146
Fax: 850-487-0801

Write to Richard Paey:
Rpaey@painreliefnetwork.org

 



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