A nurse at a California jail has been found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 2019 death of an inmate who collapsed in her cellEL CAJON, Calif. -- A nurse at a California jail was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter Friday in the November 2019 death of an inmate who collapsed in her cell. Prosecutors didn't immediately say whether they would retry her on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. Serna, who was five weeks pregnant, was booked into the jail five days before her death. “Both sides in the criminal case agreed on one thing: the personnel and the jail system failed abysmally to provide life-saving care to a 24-year-old woman who died needlessly on a jail cell floor," the statement said. Prosecutors said the doctor refused to go to Serna's cell to check on her after reports that the inmate had suffered a seizure.

Source: ABC News February 10, 2024 06:23 UTC