Nurse sentenced to life for killing 10 patients

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SAN ANGELO, Texas - A former nurse was sentenced to life in prison for killing 10 patients with a paralyzing drug that stopped their breathing at a North Texas hospital nearly six years ago.

Vickie Dawn Jackson, who on Tuesday pleaded no contest to capital murder, was sentenced after prosecutors presented evidence to a judge in a brief hearing. A life sentence was automatic because prosecutors were not seeking the death penalty. Jackson, 40, will be eligible for parole after serving 40 years.

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SAN ANGELO, Texas - A former nurse was sentenced to life in prison for killing 10 patients with a paralyzing drug that stopped their breathing at a North Texas hospital nearly six years ago.

Vickie Dawn Jackson, who on Tuesday pleaded no contest to capital murder, was sentenced after prosecutors presented evidence to a judge in a brief hearing. A life sentence was automatic because prosecutors were not seeking the death penalty. Jackson, 40, will be eligible for parole after serving 40 years.

AP Wire | 10/05/2006 | Nurse sentenced to life for killing 10 patients

I know this might sound harsh however; she needs to have the same "death sentence" that she gave those patients. It is horrifying to think how many of them before they died were conscious and knew what was happening to them. Just think, because of the paralyzing agent she gave them they were not able to scream out or wave their hands in order to get someone's attention. How many of them died looking right in her face?