Lynn Turner, the former 911 operator convicted of poisoning her boyfriend, will not get the death penalty. After finding Lynn Turner guilty of murder on Saturday, the same jury sentenced her to life in prison late Tuesday morning. Turner was convicted of poisoning Randy Thompson with antifreeze in 2001. The firefighter was also the father of Turner’s two children. In an emotional speech on Monday, Turner’s mother pleaded with the jury to spare her daughter’s life for the sake of the children. Turner is already serving a life sentence for the 1995 antifreeze poisoning death of her police-officer husband. With this second conviction, she loses the possibility of parole. Turner had faced a possible death sentence in the latest case. In both court cases, she has maintained her innocence. Turner’s attorneys said they plan to appeal the sentence.
