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Kansas doctor, wife face new sentencing in overdose deaths

Dr. Stephen Schneider and his wife, Linda
Dr. Stephen Schneider and his wife, Linda

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas doctor and his wife convicted of a moneymaking conspiracy prosecutors have linked to 68 overdose deaths will return this week to a federal courtroom in Wichita.

Stephen and Linda Schneider have a re-sentencing hearing set for Thursday. It comes after a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a separate case. The high court ruled that a victim’s drug use had to be the actual cause of death — not merely a contributing factor — to impose the harshest punishments under the federal Controlled Substances Act.

The Haysville couple was convicted in 2010 of conspiracy to commit health care fraud resulting in those deaths, unlawfully prescribing drugs, health care fraud and money laundering.

The doctor was sentenced 30 years. His wife was sentenced to 33 years.

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