Appeals court asked to rule on pharmacy slaying conviction

Tulsa World-Dec 30, 2017

Former pharmacist Jerome Jay Ersland is taking his last-ditch challenge of his murder conviction to the federal appeals court in Denver. Ersland, 66, is serving a life sentence for fatally shooting an unarmed, already wounded teenage robber in 2009 inside an Oklahoma City pharmacy. He is not eligible for parole until 2049.