"This wasn’t an accident or mistake as it’s been claimed. They said Vaught consciously disregarded warnings and risks when she pulled the wrong medication from an electronic dispensing cabinet that required her to search for the drug by name, and is therefore culpable in Murphey's death. Hospital in spotlight: Ex-nurse RaDonda Vaught's trial reveals medication access problems at Vanderbilt in 2017 'Zero regrets about telling the truth': Ex-nurse RaDonda Vaught speaks out ahead of guilty verdictĬlosing statements: 'Collision course with destiny': Jury deliberates on ex-nurse charged in death of patient “RaDonda Vaught probably did not intend to kill Miss Murphey, but she made a knowing choice," Assistant District Attorney Brittani Flatt said Thursday during the state's closing arguments. "She came in innocent and she will leave innocent, no matter what the jury says," Ray said Friday morning before the verdict was read.īut prosecutors argued Vaught's actions alone were beyond the normal scope of an accident or mistake. Some, like Rebecca Ray, spent her time crocheting a blanket. They were quietly animated in the courtroom gallery. They traveled from across the state and the country, and said they wanted to both support Vaught and make clear their worry over the fallout of the case. I hope that they are able to find peace with the resolution of this process." Does Vaught verdict set bad precedent? "I hope that they (Murphey's family) are also just as relieved to be moving away from this process that has been held up in the legal system for four and a half years. "I am just relieved that this portion of the process is over," Vaught told reporters after the verdict was read. More: RaDonda Vaught faces years in prison after conviction Murphey was supposed to receive a dose of Versed, a sedative, but was instead injected with vecuronium, which left her unable to breathe, prosecutors have said. 27, 2017, after being injected with the wrong drug.
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