Ronald Mikos was condemned to die for shooting a disabled woman to death to keep her from testifying against him in a Medicare fraud case.

Ronald Mikos was condemned to die for shooting a disabled woman to death to keep her from testifying against him in a Medicare fraud case. The same jury that found Ronald Mikos guilty in federal court May 5 voted unanimously to sentence him to death. Mikos was convicted of killing nurse Joyce Brannon only days before she was scheduled to tell a federal grand jury about how he had defrauded Medicare by claiming to have performed numerous surgeries on her that never actually took place. At his trial, Mikos was convicted not only of murder but also of defrauding Medicare out of more than $1 million.