Nurse gets five years for methadone death

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The nurse convicted of accidentally killing a 16-month-old boy with a dose of his mother?s methadone was sentenced to five years in prison for manslaughter Friday.

Elaine Marie Butler, 54, was given a 10-year sentence with five years suspended, followed by five years of probation and the order that she may never provide nursing care, child care or elder care except for immediate family members.

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