Jones had been scheduled for release in 2018 under a mandatory release law in effect at the time of her convictions. But in 2017, prosecutors cited new evidence and filed the five new murder charges against her.

Did Genene Jones get released?

Genene Jones, a former nurse long suspected of murdering multiple children, was sentenced to life after accepting responsibility for a second killing. She had been scheduled to be released from prison in 2018 before prosecutors reopened her case.

Is Genene Jones still alive today?

In an agreement with prosecutors in January 2020, Jones accepted a guilty plea in one murder: that of 11-month-old Joshua Sawyer. It kept her in prison beyond 2017, but allowed her to be eligible for parole in 2037, when, if she is still alive, she will be 87 years old.