California Nurse Charged with Murder for Allegedly Injecting Friend with Assisted Suicide Drugs

Kristie Koepplin
Credit: National Right to Life News

Arizona nurse Kristie Koepplin has been charged with murder by California authorities, who claim that she killed a friend by giving him a lethal injection of assisted suicide drugs. Koepplin is a nurse and has posted $1 million bail, but will not be allowed to practice nursing until further notice.

Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said that Koepplin helped Matthew Peter Sokalski die, but the circumstances do not align with the criteria of the assisted suicide law.

“It is beyond disturbing that someone who is trained as a nurse to aid the sick and the dying would twist their duty to willingly end the life of another human being,” Spitzer told the Washington Post.

Koepplin pleaded not guilty to the charge.

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