COLUMBUS: A Chicago doctor convicted in the overdose deaths of four patients and implicated in eight more deaths faces up to 20 years in prison at sentencing Tuesday.
Dr. Paul Volkman maintains his innocence and after firing his attorneys has asked the judge to release him immediately.
The 64-year-old Volkman says his treatment of patients was consistent with the actions of a doctor, not a drug dealer.
The government says Volkman’s illegal prescription painkiller prescriptions cut a swath of misery across southern Ohio.
They say he was motivated by greed, not any medical purpose.
