Former pharmacist Robert Courtney to be moved to halfway house [Video]

A former pharmacist who diluted drugs for thousands of cancer patients is getting out of prison early. Robert Courtney will be transferred to a halfway house in Springfield, Missouri, in June.In 2002, Courtney was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty. He admitted to diluting the prescription medications of 4,200 patients from 400 doctors. Some people received 1% of the dose they were prescribed.The move is frustrating for families who say they lost loved ones at the hands of Robert Courtney.Emilio Rivera was 68 years old when doctors diagnosed him with prostate cancer. He began chemo treatments but told his family something was wrong.His daughter, Emilia Rivera, said he never got sick from the chemotherapy.”He had kept a diary like of all of the medications that he took and all of the appointments that he had. And he always said, you know, something’s not right,” Emilia Rivera said. …