Whether a person can be convicted for distribution of heroin causing death using a jury instruction that makes the offense a strict liability crime

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether a person can be convicted for distribution of heroin causing death using a jury instruction that makes the offense a strict liability crime by mis-stating it’s elements as articulated in Burrage v. United States, 571 U.S. 204 (2014). II. Whether the Government’s violation of a defendant’s due process rights through knowing use of perjured testimony at trial is automatically cured by defense counsel’s cross examination and closing argument. i