Ogden Standard Examiner      Opinion
               

            Weitzel's patients very ill, too old

 
            Wed, Aug 29, 2001

            A few weeks ago I unexpectedly met the accused Dr. Robert Weitzel at 
            a late-morning brunch that I was attending with some of my 
            colleagues. Up to this point I had unfairly assumed that Weitzel was 
            guilty due to the manner in which the media portrayed him as a 
            mysterious doctor of death. After talking with him one-on-one for 
            about 15 minutes and later doing extensive research into the case, I 
            feel compelled to share my experience of meeting a man in whom I 
            would entrust my own life.
            Weitzel is a man of ethics, a man of honor and respect; someone who 
            can hold his head up high even when everything else in his life is 
            down. Weitzel is friendly, sincere and remarkably positive in a 
            spotlight of so much negative attention. It is a shame to see our 
            so-called justice system butcher the good name of an innocent man, 
            especially when at the very beginning the prosecutors were told that 
            they didn't even have a case. The prosecutors ought to be ashamed of 
            themselves.
            Any logical person who does research on this case can clearly see a 
            travesty of justice taking place. Five very ill people died, four of 
            whom had lived well past normal U.S. life expectancy. How dare you 
            lawyers brainwash the surviving family members into believing that 
            their relatives were murdered? It is hard enough losing someone you 
            love, but adding lies on top of pain only creates more pain. If 
            justice is to be served, then the charges against Weitzel must be 
            dropped.

            Jeff Adams
            Kaysville


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