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This March 12, 2018 photo released by the Cobb County Police shows Dr. Joseph L. Burton in Marietta, Ga. Burton has been indicted along with seven other individuals by a federal grand jury on charges of illegal distribution of opioid painkillers and other drugs in Atlanta. Burton is to be sentenced Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. (Cobb County Police via AP)

Ex-medical examiner gets 8 years in opioids-for-sex case

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

This March 12, 2018 photo released by the Cobb County Police shows Dr. Joseph L. Burton in Marietta, Ga. Burton has been indicted along with seven other individuals by a federal grand jury on charges of illegal distribution of opioid painkillers and other drugs in Atlanta. Burton is to be sentenced Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. (Cobb County Police via AP)

The Latest: Ex-medical examiner gets 8 years in prison

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This is a copy of a displayed photograph showing Dr. Joseph L. Burton, who has been indicted along with seven other individuals by a federal grand jury on charges of illegal distribution of opioid painkillers and other drugs. The indictment was announced Thursday, March 1, 2018, by U.S. Attorney Byung J. &quot;BJay&quot; Pak and law enforcement officials at the Richard Russell Federal Courthouse, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Prosecutors: Ex-medical examiner at center of opioid ring

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