> Instead, prosecutors chose an easier, swifter legal strategy: a civil suit.

Seems pretty obvious.

I would be curious how willing juries would be to second guess doctors when it comes to medical care. Would a jury really be willing to convict on one doctor's opinion vs another?

The largest letter writing campaign in history to the US federal government was to prevent the FDA from regulating supplements.

Yeah, it would be pretty hard to convince a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that this was actual criminal misconduct vs someone who is simply more aggressive towards surgery.

The real problem I see with government fines is they are generally low enough to simply be a cost of doing business. Bad behavior needs to be more expensive than good behavior!