Killer Nurse Gets 6 More Life Sentences

Serial killer Charles Cullen, who killed at least 29 people in two states while he worked as a nurse, was given six more life sentences in Pennsylvania last week, but this time he did not sit silently through the courtroom proceedings.

Cullen, who had remained quiet in previous court appearance, began loudly repeating, "Your honor, you need to step down" over and over throughout his sentencing hearing before Judge William Platt.

The judge ordered deputies to gag Cullen, which they attempted with a hood and duct tape, but his muffled voice could be heard throughout the 30-minute hearing.

Cullen, 46, killed patients at nursing homes and hospitals where he worked in New Jersey and Pennsylvania by giving them lethal drug overdoses. He began his nursing career in 1987, but was not arrested until 2003.

He escaped the death penalty by pleading guilty and offering to help investigators solve all of his crimes. He claimed to have killed more than 40 patients over a 16-year period.

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