William Davis sentenced to death for killing patients at Tyler hospital
On this date, October 27, 2021, a Smith County jury has sentenced William Davis to death for murdering four patients while a nurse at CHRISTUS. As terrorists, serial killers and mass murderers had changed me from a death penalty opponent to supporter, Davis should get the needle and he should not be allowed to keep his life at all. Hopefully, he will meet the Bali Bomber, Amrozi one day.
Prosecutors rest case for William Davis to be sentenced to death
Prosecutors rest case for William Davis to be sentenced to death
William George Davis, seen here in court on Tuesday, was accused of injecting air into the four patients’ arteries after they underwent heart surgery at the Christus Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler in 2017 and 2018. (Les Hassell/Longview News-Journal via AP)
Posted: Oct 26, 2021 / 01:25 PM CDT / Updated: Oct 26, 2021 / 02:46 PM CDT
William George Davis, seen here in court on Tuesday, was accused of injecting air into the four patients’ arteries after they underwent heart surgery at the Christus Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler in 2017 and 2018. (Les Hassell/Longview News-Journal via AP)
11:35 a.m.
Her testimony is over. The prosecution has now rested their case for William Davis to be setenced to death.
Judge Jackson has sent the court into the lunch break and will start back up at 1 p.m.
11:26 A.M.
Farmacka’s testimony is done with no defense questions. Next is Janet Kalina, wife of Joseph Kalina. She says her “companion is gone… He was my other half.” They were married for 37 years.
11:20 a.m.
His testimony is over with no questions from defense.
Now up is Tiffany Farmacka, daughter of Ronald Clark. She said her father’s death destroyed her brother and “he turned to the bottle.”
11:17 a.m.
Lafferty contacted Tyler PD in 2018 after he heard the news of Davis’ arrest and asked them to look into his father’s death to see if it was natural. It’s been over 3.5 years and he says “it’s the nightmare that will not end.
11:06 a.m.
Steve Lafferty, through tears, explains what the loss of his dad means to the family farm.”I spend almost every weekend at the farm. I worked on the tractors. I can’t do everything. I’ve considered retiring from work. But I’ve got young kids so I can’t.”
10:58 a.m.
Jeffrey Greenway had to make the decision to pull his younger brother off life support.Said it was the hardest decision of his life.
His testimony is over. The next to testify is Steve Lafferty, the son of John Lafferty another victim in the case.
10:51 a.m.
Next to testify is Jeffrey Greenway, older brother of Christopher Greenway.
10:28 a.m.
Defense attorney brings up testimony by Bryant from Dameon Mosely trial back in 2019 when he said that the charge that someone comes in with does not determine whether they will committ violence. His testimony is over. 15-minute break.
10:20 a.m.
Bryant confirms the defense’s questions that visitation will be limited at any custody level if there are disciplinary problems.
He also says that commissary privileges can be temporarily removed if problems persist.
10:04 a.m.
9:58 a.m.
Defense is asking questions that those with life without parole sentences will still face a heavy amount of security while they are behind bars.
They also state that an inmate’s classification level is not an indication of whether someone will commit violence.
9:45 a.m.
Bryant’s testimony for the prosecution is now done. The defense now asking questions.
9:33 a.m.
Bryant now talking about the life of a death row inmate. In a cell by themselves 22 hours a day and recreation in a caged-off area by themselves.
There is much more stringent searching by guards for an inmate to be moved from their cell to another area.
9:27 a.m.
Bryant now testifying on the disciplinary process for inmates if they’re accused of harming another inmate or guard.
9:21 a.m.
After nearly 20 minutes of testimony on life inside prison for an inmate with a life w/o parole inmate, Bryan is now testifying on different contraband that can be smuggled into jails.
9:05 a.m.
Bryant says that life without parole inmates are put up with a cellmate, a unit with 80-100 inmates and participate in outdoor recreation and indoor dining with them. They are able to walk freely during that time.
8:55 a.m.
ADA Chris Gatewood questioning Bryant on the difference between housing inmates with sentence of life in prison without parole vs. death row inmates.
8:50 a.m.
Dr. Crum is done with his testimony. No questions from the defense.
Next up is Stephen Bryant, the Regional Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. He oversees 13 prisons, including Polunksy Unit in Hunstville which houses death row inmates.
8:45 a.m.
Dr. Crum says the scans of the victims’ brains were nearly all exactly the same. He stated you can “basically copy and paste them.”
8:35 a.m.
Judge Austin Jackson calls the court to order and brings in the jury. The first witness called is Dr. Charles Crum.
He prepared MRI images of victims who had air injected into their arterial lines.
TYLER, Texas (KETK) – Smith County prosecutors are expected to rest their case for the death penalty for former CHRISTUS nurse William Davis on Tuesday after two incriminating phone calls he made from jail following last week’s verdict was played for the jury.
Former nurse said in phone call to ex-wife after verdict that he wanted patients in the ICU longer so he could make more money
Davis was convicted of capital murder last Tuesday after a three-week trial showed he killed several patients in the cardiovascular ICU following heart surgery. Despite the lengthy trial, the jury took less than one hour to deliberate.
The sentencing phase has been ongoing since last week and Friday provided several emotional moments as living victims of Davis testified about the intense physical and mental struggles they have had to overcome the last four years.
Then, prosecutors played two phone calls that Davis made from jail just hours after the guilty verdict was handed down: One to his ex-wife and the second to his brother.
His ex-wife demanded to know if anything the prosecution presented at the trial was in fact true. Davis spent several minutes dodging the question and tried to direct her back to whether he would be able to see their two children while he was locked away.
Survivors of former CHRISTUS nurse convicted of murder will testify on Friday
After further pressing from her, Davis finally claimed that the deaths were accidental and that he had wanted to prolong patients’ stay in the ICU so he could pick up extra shifts due to their financial troubles. She called his acts “evil” and that he was “going to hell.”
She asked, “Of all the ways to make extra money, why would your mind go there?”
He replied, “I don’t know why.”
In a call to his brother, they both blasted the jury for not deliberating long enough and said none of them were qualified. The remorse he presented to his ex-wife was nearly non-existent in the conversation with his brother.
The last quote from the call played by the prosecution was Davis saying he would rather get “life in prison so I can go out on God’s timing.” Davis’ defense team had zero questions for the victims that testified or the investigator that played the phone calls.
They will be able to call witnesses on his behalf once the prosecution rests. It’s unclear as of this writing who they will bring to the stand.
More victims revealed in sentencing phase of former CHRISTUS nurse convicted with capital murder
Once both sides conclude, the jury will be asked the following two questions:
Is there a probability that Davis would commit criminal actos violence that would constitute a continuing threat to society?
If they answer yes to the question above, they will be asked if there is sufficent mitigating circumstances to warrant a sentence of life imprisoment without parole rather than a death sentence?
A “yes” answer to Question One and a “no” answer to Question Two must be unanimous to have a death sentence be imposed by 114th District Court Judge Austin Jackson.
If the jury is unable to reach an answer to either question, Jackson would be required to hand down a sentence of life without parole.
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William Davis sentenced to death for killing patients at Tyler hospital
JUSTICE SERVED Texas nurse William Davis given death penalty for killing at least four patients at Tyler Heart hospital
Mollie Mansfield Christopher Eberhart
15:01 ET, Oct 27 2021Updated: 15:18 ET, Oct 27 2021
NURSE William Davis has been sentenced to the death penalty after killing at least four patients at the hospital where he worked.
The former health care official "showed no reaction" when the verdict was read out, journalists in the courtroom said.
It comes after prosecutors said that Davis may be connected to six more alleged victims.
The nurse had a consistent method during his months-long murder spree in a Texas hospital, according to the arrest warrant obtained by The Sun - and it was similar to six other patients, Smith County District Attorney Jacob Putnam said in court on Thursday.
Davis was convicted of capital murder on Tuesday for killing four patients between June 2017 and January 2018 while working as a nurse in the Christus Mother Frances hospital in Tyler, Texas.
All the patients were healthy and recovering from heart surgery when they suffered what was described in the arrest warrant as "profound and explainable incidents" that caused them to suffer seizure-like episodes without suffering a seizure.
Heart specialists testified in the arrest warrant that all the victims died in the same manner.
"Based upon my observations, I must conclude that these patients were intentionally injected with air through their radial artery lines by William Davis. I can find no other logical explanation for the events described above," Dr. Kennith Layton said in an attached letter to the warrant.
As to a motive, Assistant District Attorney Chris Gatewood said in court it was "simple: He likes to kill people."
"He enjoyed going into the rooms and injecting them with air," Gatewood said in court, according to pool press video coverage provided by KLTV. I
"f you watch the video on Kalina, he sat at the end of the hall and he watched those monitors and he waited. That's because he liked it."
According to the arrest warrant, he was seen going into each of the murdered patients' rooms and leaving within a minute or two.
He was arrested in 2018 after hospital officials showed saw an "anomaly" in the similar deaths, the arrest warrant says.
For the last two days, prosecutors have made their case for the death penalty and introduced six other alleged victims during the same time period.
Three of the alleged victims died and three others suffered long-term effects, but police and prosecutors couldn't definitively prove they were attacked by Davis.
One of the alleged victim's granddaughters was among the people who testified on Thursday and said her grandfather was recovering - like Davis' previous victims - when she suddenly suffered a setback, became brain dead and was taken off life support a day later.
The case for the death penalty is will continue, but it's unclear how long it will go on.
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If an offender has committed murder, he must die. In this case, no possible substitute can satisfy justice. For there is no parallel between death and even the most miserable life, so that there is no equality of crime and retribution unless the perpetrator is judicially put to death. – Immanuel Kant
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LIVE BLOG: William Davis has been sentenced to death for murdering patients as a CHRISTUS nurse
by: Patrick Cunningham
Posted: Oct 27, 2021 / 08:59 AM CDT / Updated: Oct 27, 2021 / 01:48 PM CDT
1:35 p.m.
A Smith County jury has sentenced William Davis to death for murdering multiple patients while a nurse at CHRISTUS.
The jury deliberated for just under two hours. His case will be automatically appealed to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
1:15 p.m.
A verdict has been reached by the jury after nearly two hours of deliberations.
11:15 a.m.
Jury begins deliberations on whether to sentence William Davis to death.
11:13 a.m.
“He took a month off from murdering people after his daughter was born. Only a month. That’s what his family means to him,” Putman says of Davis.
11:05 a.m.
“It’s hard enough to hear about it. But you don’t have to live it. It wasn’t your parent that was murdered As hard as it was for you to hear about it, it wasn’t hard for him to do it,” Putman says.
11:02 a.m.
“There was a floor full of people at the hospital trying to figure it out and that didn’t stop him and yet the defense wants to argue that a guard to inmate ratio of 1-to-80 will stop him if he has life without parole,” Putman says while arguing for the death penalty.
10:58 a.m.
“Somebody who picks innnocent victims who are helpless and one at a time over a year, you kill them for no other reason than they want to: We don’t have stats for people like that,” Putman says of Dr. Compton’s testimony.
10:54 a.m.
Parks is done with his closing argument. DA Jacob Putman to give the rebuttal argument for the story.”I don’t think he’s going to think about what he’s done,” he opens with.
10:52 a.m.
“Mercy is not something a person earns. It’s a gift,” Parks said to the jury. He says he knows Putman will say to show Davis the same mercy he showed his victims: none.
“But that misses the point of mercy,” he says.
10:47 a.m.
“Search your hearts to see if there is anything that justifies a life penalty rather than the death penalty,”Parks say to the jury.
10:39 a.m.
“The thought of missing 2 graduations, 2 marriages, 2 sets of grandchildren, and seeing them grow into responsible human beings are precious. And it’s his fault. And that’s punishment ladies and gentleman.”
Defense attorney Douglas Parks cried while saying this.
10:36 a.m.
“This is not about what Will Davis deserves…Your decision here today is whether or not he will be a continuing danger in reality (of prison).”
10:32 a.m.
“We only execute those people who will in probability continue to kill… It doesn’t depend on what has happened in the past,” Parks says to the jury.
10:27 a.m.
Long has finished his argument for the prosecution. Assistant defense attorney Douglas Parks is giving the defense closing argument.
10:25 a.m.
“What was mitigating for him to do this? Seriously? What could ever be sufficiently mitigating for a serial killer?” Long asks the jury when weighing the evidence for death vs. life without parole.
“Someone is going to be sentenced to death today: William Davis or his next victim in prison. And it’s up to you,” Long says to the jury.
10:19 a.m.
Long goes after Davis’ explanation to his ex-wife that he did it to extend their hospital stay as a lie. “He ended their life. He extinguished their need to be in the hospital.”
10:11 a.m.
“William Davis liked it. It’s not just that he didn’t care. It’s almost like he got a charge out of other people’s pain,” Long says to the jury.
10:08 a.m.
Prosecutor Lance Long opens the closing arguments for the state.
Long opens by apologizing to the jury for all they have been through the last three months.”But although I apologize, justice is not always easy. But it is always right.”
9:55 a.m.
Judge Jackson has brought the jury back and he is reading the jury their instructions.
9:17 a.m.
The defense has ended their questioning of Dr. Compton.
They have rested their case. Jackson is giving the jury an extended break. Final arguments will begin at 9:50 a.m. William Davis says he will not testify before final arguments.
9:11 a.m.
The prosection passes questioning of Dr. Compton back to the defense.
They ask if the choice of a district attorney to seek the death penalty for a defendant had an impact on potential future violence in prison. Compton said there is no evidence to suggest that.
9:05 a.m.
Long asks Compton how many defendants in this study were serial killers. Compton says 0 because serial killers are incredibly rare.
9:00 a.m.
The prosecution is now questioning Dr. Compton.
Lance Long: You’re telling me only 5 inmates were murdered in all of Texas in 2020?
Compton: Correct.
Long: So Mr. Davis in one year from ’16-’17 singlehandedly killed more people in a hospital than all prisoners?
Compton: Correct.
8:55 a.m.
Dr. Compton says research has shown capital murder defendants are no more likely to be violent than any other inmates in prison.
High-risk factors for being violent in prison:
– Those convicted of drug offenses
– Being in a gang
– Being under the age of 30
8:42 a.m.
Dr. Compton did not do a risk assessment on Davis. She says she is testifying merely to provide educational background.
8:35 a.m.
Judge Jackson has called the court to order and brought the jury in.
The defense calls Dr. Christy Compton, a psychologist who conducts clinical evaluations for courts, prosecutors, and defense attorneys. She has evaluated murderers and sex offenders.
"If a man is a danger to the community, threatening it with disintegration by some wrongdoing of his, then his execution for the healing and preservation of the common good is to be commended. Only the public authority, not private persons, may licitly execute malefactors by public judgment. Men shall be sentenced to death for crimes of irreparable harm or which are particularly perverted."
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TYLER, Texas (KETK) – After gut-wrenching testimony on Tuesday from family members of William Davis’ victims ended Smith County prosecutors’ case that William Davis should be sentenced to death, the defense team began their plea for him to be sentenced to life without parole.
Davis was a former nurse at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances in Tyler at their cardiovascular ICU wing and was convicted of capital murder last week for killing multiple patients. Under Texas law, the only two sentencing options are life without parole or the death penalty.
His legal team faces an uphill battle due to a large number of victims in the case as well as phone calls that were placed by Davis from jail last week where he admitted to killing patients to his ex-wife and berated the jury to his brother. These calls took place just hours after the verdict and were played for the jury to hear Friday afternoon.
The defense called a handful of witnesses after the prosecution rested their case for a death sentence Tuesday morning. They called to the stand his brother, a friend from high school and an old football coach.
They said they would have more evidence to present Wednesday morning. It was unclear how long their side may take to present its case, but it is likely the case will be done by the end of the week.
Former nurse said in phone call to ex-wife after verdict that he wanted patients in the ICU longer so he could make more money
The jury will be asked to answer the following two questions:
Is there a probability that Davis would commit criminal acts of violence that would constitute a continuing threat to society?
If they answer yes to the question above, they will be asked if there is sufficent mitigating circumstances to warrant a sentence of life imprisoment without parole rather than a death sentence?
A “yes” answer to Question One and a “no” answer to Question Two must be unanimous to have a death sentence be imposed by 114th District Court Judge Austin Jackson.
If the jury is unable to reach an answer to either question, 114th District Court Judge Austin Jackson would be required to hand down a sentence of life without parole.
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Families of murdered patients respond to former East Texas nurse death sentence
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Following the death penalty sentencing of former East Texas nurse William Davis, families of the victims shared their reactions and their time with their loved ones.
“He was an awesome father, he was an awesome friend,” daughter Tiffany Farmacki said about her father Ronald Clark. “He was my mom’s husband for 50 years, the only man that she ever knew and loved. They got married when they were 18, three months after dating, and they got married for 50 years and would have been married 60 or more.”
Farmacki said her father was down to earth and an animated person. When he would tell a story, he would draw an audience in. “He was fearless.”
On Wednesday at the sentencing, she made a statement to the court and Davis.
“I wanted one last chance to make sure that he knew the people that he took, and the families that he took them from,” Farmacki said. “I say I’m glad it’s over, but it will never really be over because my dad will never be here.”
Widow Kay Blanks said she was married to James Blanks for 48 years, and that they were best friends. Kay described herself as outgoing whereas James was not.
“I guess opposites attract. He was my best friend. He had my back, and I had his.”
Kay Blanks said he taught her to take chances and not be afraid in life.
“We had a great love affair. I miss him very much,” Blanks said.
Kay Banks went back and forth when deciding if she should make a statement to the court and to William Davis, when she received a phone call from her son. Her son said, ‘whatever you say, do so with the holy spirit.’
“‘Will Davis, I’m Kay Blanks.’ And I stood there at the stand and I said, ‘I want you to know I forgive you.’”
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