Nurse Prosecuted for Murder for Turning off Life Support

The Mississippi Attorney General announced that his office is prosecuting registered nurse April Renae Grissom, 28, for turning off a patient's life support machines.



Grissom was working as an R.N. at the facility where the alleged victim, 77, was receiving treatment. Grissom is charged with "depraved heart murder."  Under Mississippi law, "depraved heart murder” is an action that demonstrates a "callous disregard for human life" and results in death. It carries a life sentence.