Essence Magazine:
Hyoung Chang / Contributor / Getty Images By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated March 3, 2024
It is rare for a medical responder to be prosecuted and sentenced, but on Friday, Peter Cichuniec, the paramedic responsible for killing Elijah McClain in 2019, received a five-year prison sentence.
Cichuniec authorized the fatal dose of ketamine, which is “a powerful sedative ultimately blamed for killing the 23-year-old massage therapist.”
As CPR News notes, Cichuniec made this decision
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