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Ellie Nesler

American vigilante (–)

Elena Starr Nesler (August 2, – December 26, )[1] was an American woman known for shooting and killing Daniel Mark Driver, in a court room. Driver was accused of molesting her son.[2][3][4][5][6] Her case was reported on throughout the United States,[3] and the Associated Press wrote that the incident "sparked a national debate about vigilantism".[2]

Killing of Driver

Nesler made headlines on April 2, , when she killed Daniel Mark Driver,[3] who had been accused of sexually abusing five boys, including Nesler's then-six-year-old son, William,[7] in the courtroom of the Jamestown Justice Court.

Biography of john knox Share via Close extra sharing options. In , Ellie Nesler walked into a California courtroom, pulled out a handgun and fired five shots into the head and neck of the man accused of sexually violating her young son. She was released from a woman's facility near Chowchilla, California in That was when his mother entered a courtroom in nearby Jamestown and pumped five bullets into the head of Daniel Driver, a twice-convicted child molester who was accused of molesting year-old Willie at a Christian summer camp.

She fired five shots into Driver's head, killing him instantly. Driver had previous convictions for child molestation.[7]

According to Jon Thurber of the Los Angeles Times, the finding that Nesler was under the influence of methamphetamine when she killed Driver caused the "sympathetic portrait" of herself portrayed by her defense team to "erode".[3] "She served 3 1/2 years as her case wended its way through trial and appeal before she pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter”.

She was released in [6]

Later life and death

In , she was convicted of selling and possessing methamphetamine. She was released from a woman's facility near Chowchilla, California in She died nearly three years later in December [1] of breast cancer at UC Davis Medical Center.[3]

Legacy

The television film Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story was based upon the incident, starring Christine Lahti as Nesler.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ ab"Vigilante killer Ellie Nesler dies at 56".

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    Ellie nesler biography of martin luther king More From the Los Angeles Times. More to Read. In other projects. According to an arrest report, the deputies restrained Nesler -- 6 feet 2 and pounds -- and handcuffed his bulging, tattooed arms.

    December 30, Retrieved July 1,

  2. ^ ab"Ellie Nesler killed son's accused molester in courtroom shooting". The Associated Press. December 29,
  3. ^ abcdefThurber, Jon (December 30, ).

    "Ellie Nesler dies at 56; woman killed her son's accused molester in courtroom". Los Angeles Times.

  4. ^"US vigilante killer Ellie Nesler dies aged 56".

    Ellie nesler biography of martin luther the reformer Twelve-year-old Andrew Ducote, in the difficult role of her abused young son, Brandon, convincingly portrays the results of the core of inner damage caused by the abuse. Obituaries Jules Feiffer, cartoonist who lampooned conformity, hypocrisy and the upper class, dies at Wikidata item. Driver was accused of molesting her son.

    The Daily Telegraph. December 30,

  5. ^Frank, Russell (). "The Making and Unmaking of a Folk Hero: The Ellie Nesler Story". Western Folklore. 59 (3/4): – doi/ JSTOR&#;
  6. ^ abStannard, Matthew B.; Writer, Chronicle Staff (December 30, ).

    Ellie nesler biography of martin luther Times Everywhere. Special Supplements. De Los. The network has rated it TVVL unsuitable for children younger than 14 with special advisories for violence and coarse language.

    "Nesler dies - killed man accused of molestation". SFGate.

  7. ^ ab"Accused Child Molester Slain at Courthouse". Los Angeles Times. April 4,

External links

  • "Son of vigilante mother now subject of California murder probe, manhunt", Associated Press, July 29,
  • "Ellie Nesler again out of prison"Archived August 7, , at the Wayback Machine, Chris Nichols, Sonora Union-Democrat, June 5,