Air Force Nurse acquitted in murder charge

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Ex-Air Force nurse acquitted of killing patients

By PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press Writer J. Weber, Associated Press

Writer – 1 hr 1 min ago

SAN ANTONIO – A court-martial acquitted a former military nurse of

murder Saturday after he was accused of giving lethal doses of painkillers to

hasten the deaths of three terminally ill patients at the Air Force's largest

hospital.

Capt. Fontana, wearing his Air Force uniform, showed no emotion as

a military judge cleared him of three counts of murder, then collapsed into the

arms of weeping family members inside a Lackland Air Force Base courtroom.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_us/us_military_nurse_trial

(The title says ex-nurse, but he remained on active duty as a commissioned

officer. Agree with the verdict or not, the system did work. He had his day in

court and was exonerated. - LAN)

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guard and defend it. " -- Webster (1834)