A Houston doctor who was convicted of raping a hospital patient will not serve prison time and, instead, will spend a decade on probation. The crime is punishable by up 20 years in prison, but the Texas jury sentenced Sheikh to 10 years of probation on Friday. But one of Sheikh’s attorneys, who have argued that the sex between Sheikh and the patient was consensual, defended the jury’s decision. She told authorities that a male doctor came to her room three times that night, raping her during the third visit. “There were no reports of misconduct or any incidents involving this doctor while he was at Houston Methodist,” spokeswoman Stefanie Asin said.

Source: Washington Post August 19, 2018 19:04 UTC