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Tilted Cat Head
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Well mom gets life.... justice served? Maybe.
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View: Mom gets life in prison for microwaving baby
Source: CNN
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Mom gets life in prison for microwaving baby
Story Highlights- NEW: China Arnold will not have a chance at parole
- Jury could not reach unanimous decision on death penalty
- The defense had argued Arnold was drunk when the crime occurred
- Month-old daughter, Paris Talley, died of burns
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- A woman has been sentenced to life in prison without a chance of parole for killing her baby daughter in a microwave oven.
Twenty-eight-year-old China Arnold chose not to be in the courtroom for Monday's sentencing.
Arnold was convicted of aggravated murder in the 2005 death of month-old daughter Paris Talley.
She was spared the death penalty because jurors could not reach a consensus on the punishment.
It was Arnold's second trial; the first ended in a mistrial when new witnesses surfaced.
Defense attorney Jon Paul Rion has asked for a third trial, saying a former cellmate who said Arnold confessed has now changed her story.
Arnold was accused of killing month-old Paris Talley in 2005. A judge declared a mistrial in February, and the retrial began August 18. The jury found Arnold guilty Friday of aggravated murder.
During the trial, an 8-year-old boy said he saw another boy walk into the kitchen of a nearby apartment with the baby, heard the microwave go on and then later saw the burned baby in the microwave.
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