Sherri Rasmussen's widower urged the state's parole board Tuesday to not grant parole for Stephanie Ilene Lazarus, who admitted to callously murdering the nurse.
The family of a 29-year-old woman who was shot and killed nearly 40 years ago by a Los Angeles Police Department detective in a jealous rage, is hoping the former detective isn't granted parole.Stephanie Ilene Lazarus was convicted in March 2012 of first-degree murder for the Feb. 24, 1986 killing of Sherri Rasmussen.John Ruetten, Sherri Rasmussen's widower, urged the state's parole board Tuesday to revoke a decision recommending parole for Lazarus.
'It makes me sick to this day that I took an oath to protect and serve people, and I took Sherri Rasmussen's life from her, a nurse,' Lazarus said, according to a transcript of the parole hearing last November. 'I didn't do the right thing because I didn't want to face the consequences of my actions. I didn't want to go to prison.
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