Ex-nurse convicted of manslaughter after withholding insulin from inmate
Daniel Allar | July 31, 2018 | Cardiovascular Business | Heart Health

A former jail nurse has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for manslaughter after she was found guilty of causing the death of a diabetic inmate who went a week without insulin.

According to the Biloxi (Mississippi) Sun Herald, Carmon Brannan testified in her own defense at two trials since the 2014 death, claiming she thought William Joel Dixon was suffering from drug withdrawal.

But jailers testified that Brannan dismissed them when they informed her Dixon was sick, and Dixon’s mother said she sent insulin to the jail for her son.

Read more from the Sun Herald below:

She is accused of killing a diabetic George County inmate. The jury has reached…

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Daniel Allar

Daniel joined TriMed’s Chicago editorial team in 2017 as a Cardiovascular Business writer. He previously worked as a writer for daily newspapers in North Dakota and Indiana.

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