Elena Starr Nesler (August 2, 1952 – December 26, 2008)[1] was an American woman known for shooting and killing Daniel Mark Driver, in a court room.
[2][3][4][5][6] Her case was reported on throughout the United States,[3] and the Associated Press wrote that the incident "sparked a national debate about vigilantism".
[7] 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".
[3] "She served 3 1/2 years as her case wended its way through trial and appeal before she pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter”.
She died nearly three years later in December 2008[1] of breast cancer at UC Davis Medical Center.