Convicted of murder as a teen and now a nurse

Ruby Vee, BSN · May 21, 2015

I'm trying to decide how I feel about this . . . . I can see some circumstances in which a murder is justified. For instance, my ex-boyfriend's aunt died in prison. She was convicted of murder for picking up a gun and shooting her husband while he was trying (somewhat successfully) to beat her to death with a baseball bat. I think the conviction was the result of a court-appointed attorney not being the better of the two attorneys who put that case before a jury. Had she not died in prison, I would have been OK with her continuing to practice as a nurse. If this guy was convicted as a juvenile, what were the circumstances? Did he kill the parent who was trying to beat him to death, rape him or prostitute him? The person who was molesting his sister? The priest who molested him?

Murder is wrong. Self defense -- or defense of another -- isn't. But sometimes the juries return the wrong verdict. Not often, I'm hoping. I'd like to believe our justice system works.

Adele_Michal7, ASN, RN · May 21, 2015

Hmmm. I don't know the details of the case in question, so it's hard to comment. Was it self defense? You mentioned a made for TV movie. I wonder if I've seen it. Lol. I have no idea how they got their license, but you've certainly piqued my curiosity.

MrChicagoRN, RN · May 21, 2015

Correct, Ruby. We don't know the circumstances, and sometimes there are mitigating circumstances.

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TheGooch · May 21, 2015

The person who committed the crime was a she and she did so because she was afraid the person she killed might tell her friends she was weird. She turned herself in a few months later but that was only because the cops told her that the polygraph she took showed she lied. The real names were not used in the movie.

TheGooch · May 21, 2015

Correct, Ruby. We don't know the circumstances, and sometimes there are mitigating circumstances.
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No mitigating circumstances. Like I said, she killed her classmate because she was afraid she would tell her friends she was weird. She stabbed her several times.

TheGooch · May 21, 2015

Hmmm. I don't know the details of the case in question, so it's hard to comment. Was it self defense? You mentioned a made for TV movie. I wonder if I've seen it. Lol. I have no idea how they got their license, but you've certainly piqued my curiosity.

It was a made for tv movie in the 90's, the murder happened in the 80's. And no, it wasn't self defense.

grandpaj · May 21, 2015

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TheGooch · May 21, 2015

5 Horrific Murders (and the TV Movies made from them) | Mental Floss

People should be able to figure this one out with the clues I gave and if you do my question is how does one get a nursing license. Someone said that because it happened when she was a teen the records would be sealed and she wouldn't have to disclose it. But yes, I looked at the state BON for where she resides and she has a license.

icuRNmaggie, BSN, RN · May 21, 2015

delete

TheGooch · May 21, 2015

If you find her real name please don't post it. I am just curious as to how she became a RN with her past history.

Postpartum RN · May 21, 2015

I looked at the link and am pretty sure I figured out which movie was made after this murder...wow this person should have never been licensed since she killed someone in cold blood, no accident or self defense