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Life in jail for nurse who killed patients to reduce workload

Rob Beschizza
Nov 06, 2025
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A nurse in Wuerselen, Germany, had a plan to move palliative care patients through the system faster: murder them. He is off to jail for life after killing 10 of his elderly charges with morphine and midazolam, and trying to kill 27 more.

Prosecutors alleged that the man, who has not been publicly named, injected his mos…

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