宾夕法尼亚州男子卖芬太尼致买家当场过量重伤，被判20年监禁
美国宾夕法尼亚中区联邦检察官办公室宣布，宾夕法尼亚州卢泽恩县 28 岁男子 Joshua Ward 因分销芬太尼致他人严重身体伤害，于 11 月 5 日被联邦高级地区法官 Malachy E. Mannion 判处 240 个月，也就是 20 年监禁。
据联邦检察官 Brian D. Miller 介绍，Ward 此前已就分销造成他人严重身体伤害的芬太尼认罪。Mannion 法官在量刑时指出，Ward 曾在一辆车内把芬太尼卖给一名买家，并要求对方当着他的面吸食，以确认对方不是执法部门的线人。
该买家吸食芬太尼后随即药物过量，被送往医院，经抢救后在这次险些致命的过量中幸存。
此案由美国联邦调查局（FBI）与卢泽恩县缉毒特别工作组侦办，助理联邦检察官 Kyle A. Moreno 负责起诉。该案同时是宾夕法尼亚中区打击海洛因与阿片类毒品分销的地区行动的一部分。（来源：美国司法部）
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Selling Fentanyl That Caused Buyer's Near-Fatal Overdose and Serious Bodily Injury
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Joshua Ward, 28, of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on November 5 by Senior U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 240 months, or 20 years, in prison for distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury.
According to U.S. Attorney Brian D. Miller, Ward previously pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl that caused a serious bodily injury to another individual. As Judge Mannion noted at sentencing, Ward sold fentanyl to an individual in a vehicle and told the individual to "sniff" the fentanyl in front of him, in an effort to ensure the individual was not working as an informant for law enforcement.
The individual ingested the fentanyl and then overdosed. The individual was taken to the hospital, where he survived the near-fatal overdose.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Luzerne County Drug Task Force and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle A. Moreno. It was also brought as part of a district-wide initiative targeting heroin and opioid traffickers in the Middle District of Pennsylvania. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：美国缉毒局资料图显示，置于铅笔尖上的约 2 毫克芬太尼即达多数人的致死剂量；此为资料示意图，非本案查获物。Wikimedia Commons，公共领域。 / Image: A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration photo showing about 2 milligrams of fentanyl on a pencil tip, a lethal dose for most people; file photo, not evidence from this case. Via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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