Lucy Letby, a former neonatal nurse, has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of release for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others at a hospital in northern England. Justice James Goss of the Manchester Crown Court imposed the most severe sentence possible under British law, which does not allow the death penalty, due to the "exceptional circumstances" of the case. Letby's actions showed "the cruelty and calculation" of her actions, and the sentence was necessary to protect the public and reflect the gravity of her crimes.