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Without Mercy: The Shocking True Story of a Doctor Who Murdered
Without Mercy The Shocking True Story of a Doctor Who Murdered Author:Keith R. Ablow, Keith Russell Ablow Dr. John Kappler was an anesthesiologist who had a nice family, lots of work, and seemed to live the good life. Unfortunately, he got it into his head every now and then that he had to kill one of his patients. This urge of his was in definite violation of the Hippocratic Oath, not to mention the law of the land, but his wife and colleagues mana... more »ged to protect him up until the day the voice in his head commanded him to run over two people on a jogging path.
The title of this book "Without Mercy" holds true for almost all of its characters, including the murderous Dr. John Kappler, and for the author himself who showed no mercy on Dr. Kappler's family when he wrote this true crime book. Nor did the jury show mercy on Dr. Kappler, who secretly attempted to kill three of his patients - including a pregnant woman who suffered permanent brain damage from his ministrations. The jurors did not believe Dr. Kappler was insane when he drove up onto the jogging path and killed a promising young psychiatrist, then permanently maimed a young mother.
The author is a psychiatrist and a friend of the young doctor who was killed on the jogging path, and wrote this book in spite of the opposition from Dr. Kappler's family.« less