CONVICTED ON A HUNCH, NOT EVIDENCE
“We just figured he must have known.”
Those were the words of a juror who voted to convict Dr. David Young, according to Lara Logan.
In this powerful moment from Going Rogue with Lara Logan, Lara recalls speaking with a juror after Dr. Young’s trial, asking what evidence proved he knowingly participated in a conspiracy.
The juror acknowledged that Dr. Young was a brilliant physician and a good man. But when pressed about the evidence, Lara says the juror could only point to an assumption.
No specific moment. No evidence she could identify. Just a hunch.
Dr. Young, an emergency physician of more than 30 years with no malpractice lawsuits, is now serving a 10-year federal prison sentence and faces $26 million in restitution following a healthcare fraud conviction. His defense maintains that telehealth companies concealed fraudulent activity from him and that he never knowingly participated in the conspiracy.
Lara traveled inside a federal prison camp in Bastrop, Texas, to interview her longtime friend and hear his story firsthand.
When a man’s freedom and his family’s future are on the line, should an assumption be enough to convict?
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