“He failed as a paramedic, as a...
“He failed as a paramedic, as a fireman and as a human being to do his job.”
--Superior Court Judge J. D. Smith in sentencing former Los Angeles paramedic Robert Dougherty to a year in jail for refusing to treat a dying alcoholic.
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