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John L. Brownlee is a former paratrooper turned prosecutor in his mid-30s who hopes to make a name for himself by taking difficult cases against Purdue Pharma and OxyContin. He and his office’s fraud investigator, Gregg Wood, keep detailed files of Purdue’s misdeeds in order to build a case against the company. Despite many initial failures, he is ultimately able to get a plea deal out of Purdue in 2007. Though many activists believe the punishment for Purdue is too lenient, the case still represents the first significant win against the company.
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In the fall of 2006, Purdue’s lawyers began to sense that this case against them was different; that a full-court press meant nothing when the opposing counsel was the United States of America. Was it really possible the small-town lawyers had compiled enough evidence to indict both the company and its top executives on a host of felony charges, not just for misbranding the drug but also for mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering? It seemed so, according to a memo written by the federal prosecutors to Brownlee at the time.
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John L. Brownlee Quotes in Dopesick
The Dopesick quotes below are all either spoken by John L. Brownlee or refer to John L. Brownlee. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3
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In the fall of 2006, Purdue’s lawyers began to sense that this case against them was different; that a full-court press meant nothing when the opposing counsel was the United States of America. Was it really possible the small-town lawyers had compiled enough evidence to indict both the company and its top executives on a host of felony charges, not just for misbranding the drug but also for mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering? It seemed so, according to a memo written by the federal prosecutors to Brownlee at the time.
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