Posted on 05/31/2026 9:11:20 AM PDT by Morgana
A judge in Schenectady County has handed down the maximum sentence of 25 years to life to a mother convicted of the depraved indifference murder of her 11-month-old daughter, Halo Branton.
During the trial, the court reviewed harrowing evidence: video footage showed Nelson placing her infant into a pitch-black, 8-foot-deep hole in freezing conditions and walking away. Despite having 28 minutes to change her course, she left the child to succumb to hypothermia while she sought shelter.
In an emotional sentencing hearing, the court dismantled the defense's argument that this was an accident, citing the defendant's conscious decisions and lack of remorse as the determining factors for the maximum penalty.
The Verdict: 25 years to life. Justice for Baby Halo.
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She was just 11 months too late to abort. Timing is everything until the libs make this legal one day. “Ethicist” Pete Singer thinks this is fine too.
(The Cask of Amontillado)
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