I murdered judge, says killer nurse

A former nurse who claims to have killed more than 40 patients at United States hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to murdering a judge in 1988.

A former nurse who claims to have killed more than 40 patients at United States hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to murdering a judge in 1988.

Charles Cullen, 44, admitted he killed Jersey City Municipal Judge John Yengo by putting lidocaine, a heart medicine, in his intravenous drip. The drug made his heart stop.

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