If killer nurse Charles Cullen stops cooperating with a probe into his crimes, New Jersey authorities say, they'll withhold the one thing they have that he really wants: permission to donate a kidney to an ailing acquaintance...Technorati Tags: Charles Cullen, Kidney Transplantation
Cullen has pleaded guilty to 29 murders and six attempted murders in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and has told investigators he might have killed as many as 40 people. In most cases, he gave patients an overdose of heart medication, usually digoxin.
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Friday, January 13, 2006
New Jersey Threatens to Block Killer Nurse's Kidney Donation
From FOX News: