Court Sentenced 23-Yr-Old Mother To 99 Years Imprisonment For Beating Her Daughter
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| Elizabeth Escalona |
Escalona, 23, had pleaded guilty in July to a felony count of injuring a child and admitted earlier this week to abusing daughter Jocelyn Cedillo, saying, "Only a monster does that." But she rejected a plea bargain that called for a 45-year sentence and instead asked the judge for a second chance.
Police said she kicked Jocelyn in the stomach, beat her with a milk jug and then Super Glued her handsto an apartment wall. A doctor testified that Jocelyn suffered bleeding in her brain, which put her in a coma for a couple of days; a broken rib; multiple bruises and bite marks; and skin torn fromher hands from being stuck to the wall, the Associated Press says.
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