TYLER, Texas (AP) - A jury sentenced a former Texas nurse to death Wednesday for killing four patients by injecting air into their arteries after heart surgery.The Smith County jury deliberated about two hours before condemning William George Davis to death.
The 37-year-old Hallsville man’s sentence will be automatically appealed.The sentence came a week after the same jury found Davis guilty of capital murder.Jurors agreed with prosecutors that Davis killed four patients at a Tyler hospital in 2017 and 2018.