The Nation - News from Aug. 4, 1987
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Cmdr. Donal M. Billig, the Navy surgeon convicted of involuntary manslaughter and negligence in the deaths of three patients, has lost his first bid for parole and must remain behind bars for at least another year. Billig, the former chief heart surgeon at Bethesda Naval Medical Center, was sentenced March 3, 1986, to four years in prison after a court-martial. He is in the military prison at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. According to a Navy statement, Chase Untermeyer, the Navy’s assistant secretary for manpower and reserve affairs, accepted the Naval Clemency and Parole Board’s recommendation and denied parole.
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