Ellie Nesler

On April 2, 1993, Daniel Mark Driver was fatally shot in a courtroom in Sacramento, California, United States, by Elena Starr Nesler, after Driver had been accused of molesting her son. The case was reported on throughout the United States, and the Associated Press wrote that the incident "sparked a national debate about vigilantism".

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". Nesler was released from prison in 1997.

Later life of Nesler In 2002, Nesler was convicted of selling and possessing methamphetamine. She was released from a woman's facility near Chowchilla, California in 2006. She died in December 2008 of breast cancer at UC Davis Medical Center.

Legacy The 1999 television film Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story was based upon the incident, starring Christine Lahti as Nesler.