Dr. William Husel murder trial: Livestream and updates for March 3, 2022

The trial of Dr. William Husel is being livestreamed each day on NBC4i.com and the NBC4 app. Update: Proceedings have been recessed until Monday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The murder trial of former Mount Carmel doctor William Husel is scheduled to resume Monday at 9 a.m.

Judge Michael Holbrook sent the jury home for the weekend late Thursday morning after a sidebar that took over an hour with prosecution and defense attorneys arguing whether recent testimony potentially relied on privileged information. Holbrook asked both sides to submit written arguments on the issue by Friday.

HUSEL TRIAL UPDATE: The jury has been out for nearly an hour. Attorneys for both sides are discussing whether testimony yesterday and today potentially relied on privileged information. The judge has asked both sides to submit written arguments on the issue by tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/9foe47z0A4
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Husel, 46, is facing murder charges in the deaths of 14 ICU patients from 2015 to 2018. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Thursday’s proceedings started with Husel’s lead defense attorney Jose Baez asking the judge to declare a mistrial due to a number of issues he had with Wednesday’s witnesses’ testimony. Holbrook denied the motion, and Dr. Dan Roth — chief clinical officer of Trinity Health, the parent company of Mount Carmel — was called back to the stand by prosecutors.

Roth had testified Wednesday about the steps he and other top executives took following concerns about Husel’s medication orders, including working with law enforcement and informing the family members of about 27 patients who died under Husel’s care.

“We have a responsibility to talk to family members or patients when care doesn’t go the way it was intended to go,” Roth said. “That is why we felt the need to tell family members of what we had learned.”

Here are some of the individuals who may appear during the proceedings:

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