NewsPublished: Jul. 08, 2026, 1:27 p.m.A German doctor accused of killing 15 patients was convicted Wednesday and sentenced to life in prison.PixabayA German doctor accused of killing 15 patients was convicted Wednesday and sentenced to life in prison.Prosecutors described a 41-year-old Berlin palliative care doctor, identified only as Johannes M., as having “a lust for murder.”On Monday, Johannes M. confessed that he had “killed people” and told the court that “I despair at myself.”He said he only now understood “the extent of the suffering” he had caused, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily reported.He allegedly killed 12 women and three men between September 2021 and July 2024 using deadly sedatives cocktails.According to CBS News, on at least five occasions, he allegedly set fire