Convicted murderer Scott Nelson was sentenced to life on Thursday in the first-degree murder of nanny Jennifer Fulford. He testified at trial he did in fact kill her. At the penalty phase, he took the stand again, and asked the jury to sentence him to death.
“I’m a homicidal maniac,” he said.
His defense tried to show that the death penalty was the wrong way to address the case. Nelson had a tough life, endured abuse as a child, spent 25 years in prison, and had head injuries, they said.
Authorities said Nelson broke into the home of Fulford’s employer on September 27, 2017, kidnapped her, and killed her so there wouldn’t be any witnesses. The defendant admitted that he wanted to get money so he could abscond from probation.
The through-line in Nelson’s trial and penalty phase testimony is that he claimed that federal officials treated him badly.
Convicted murderer Scott Nelson was sentenced to life on Thursday in the first-degree murder of nanny Jennifer Fulford. He testified at trial he did in fact kill her. At the penalty phase, he took the stand again, and asked the jury to sentence him to death.
“I’m a homicidal maniac,” he said.
His defense tried to show that the death penalty was the wrong way to address the case. Nelson had a tough life, endured abuse as a child, spent 25 years in prison, and had head injuries, they said.
Authorities said Nelson broke into the home of Fulford’s employer on September 27, 2017, kidnapped her, and killed her so there wouldn’t be any witnesses. The defendant admitted that he wanted to get money so he could abscond from probation.
The through-line in Nelson’s trial and penalty phase testimony is that he claimed that federal officials treated him badly.
