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Oxycontin Addiction Nails Ex-prosecutor

Posted by DFO

Oct. 19, 2010 4:24 p.m. • 12 comments

A Coeur d’Alene defense lawyer and former deputy prosecutor was sent to prison recently after police said he recruited a client to help feed his OxyContin addiction. Shawn C. Nunley, 39, was sentenced to five years in prison with eligibility for parole in two years after he pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance. But 1st District Judge Ben Simpson retained jurisdiction over the case, meaning Nunley could be released after six months. Nunley arrived at the Idaho State Correctional Institution, just south of Boise, on Oct. 15/Meghann Cuniff, Sirens & Gavels. More here.

Question: What is it about Oxycontin that makes people in respectable positions like the Spokane Valley pastor who ripped off a parishioner and Nunley lose control?

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