you just -- you can't even imagine. >> reporter: murphey died the following day, then after multiple investigations, vaught was indicted in 2019 on abuse and reckless homicide charges. prosecutors claimed vaught made at least ten mistakes including overriding the system used to obtain drugs and ignoring a warning directly on the vial. vaught admitted she was distracted that day because she was escorting a trainee, but vaught's attorneys argued that her final mistake was made possible by systemic errors involving the hospital's pharmacy which they claimed allowed nurses to routinely override safeguards. a 56-page federal investigative report following murphey's death also outlined deficiencies found at the hospital. >> who do you think should be blamed, be held accountable? >> i mean, i don't -- nobody wants to point a finger. that's not what you're supposed to do in health care. i'm responsible for what i failed to do. vanderbilt is responsible for what they failed to do. >> we, the jury, find the defendant radonda leann vaught guilty. >> reporter: a jury ultimately finding her guilt

radonda vaught will serve three years of probation for the 2017 death of 75-year-old charlene murphey, a patient she injected with the wrong medication. >> every day she reminds me of the consequences of my actions. >> reporter: vaught was charged and found guilty of negligent homicide and neglect of an impaired adult for the lethal dose she administered at vanderbilt medical center. murphey's family members were emotional and saying that they believe vaught deserved a second chance. >> knowing my mom the way my mom was and stuff, she wouldn't want her to see no jail time. but, you know, that's just was mom. mom was a very forgiving person. >> reporter: a crowd of nurses outside were emotional as they clung to each other and the judge's sentencing explanation. the case prolonged by covid lasted four years and captivated medical professionals concerned about what precedent vaught's conviction could set. a recent johns hopkins university study found more than 250,000 americans a year die from medical errors. the american nurses association in a statement shortly after sentencing saying,

jenny murphey general deliverable tele valentino stayed in hospital in great pain, says her father, she was expected to wait for the natural still birth of her babies. after 12 days, one of the fetuses died by now valentina was seriously ill. her body temperature was fluctuating wildly, and her blood pressure was low. everything pointed to census caused by the dead fetus to treat her agony. all she got was paracetamol. join my wife asked her darling, how are you feeling? she replied, mamma, i'm dying of chris mamma, i'm dying and most criminals did nothing. absolutely nothing that only then did the doctors remove the dead fetus, but they didn't treat. the sam says, says valentine, as father that plan was to wait until the 2nd twins heartbeat stopped. the family stood by helplessly watching valentina fight. but a life. loy little adjustable and before a bell mazin at some point we were outside and we heard a cry from valentino, but we still didn't know what was wrong with it. so a cry from valentina and then nothing was said. the doctor says, yes, it's serious. we have to resuscitate her