By Walter F. Roche Jr.
A federal judge today issued amended sentencing and restitution orders for two defendants in]volved in aa deadly outbreak but the two former pharnacists will still face combined sentences of some 25 years.
The amended orders were issued in Boston by U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns against Barry J. Cadden and Glenn A. Chin. Cadden still faces 14.5 years in federal prison, while Chin's sentence is for 11.5 years.
The orders also increase the restitution to victims of the outbreak by $3,312. The increase, according to government attorneys, was due to a clerical error. Cadden and Chin's atttorneys did not oppose the hike .
The amended order boosts the total restitution to $82,025,648.
Cadden was part owner of the drug compounding firm that caused the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak. Chin was a supervising pharmacist at the now defunct company, the New England Compounding Center. They were both convicted on racketeering and conspiracy charges.
The amended orders also make some changes to bring it into compliance with a ruling from the First Circuit Court of Appeals. That panel concluded that Stearns had been too lenient in setting the sentences for the two defendants.
Cadden and Chin are currently in Michigan where they are facing multiple second degree murder charges.
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