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A St. Paul woman who locked her 13-year-old daughter naked in a basement dog kennel was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail, a period equal to three days for each day the teenage girl was confined, a prosecutor noted. Ramsey County District Judge Kathleen Gearin pounded her fist on the bench for emphasis as she lectured Deborah Lee Cameron. "We use the phrase, 'You would not treat a dog like this,' " Gearin said. "But you did." Cameron, 34, pleaded guilty in April to one count of unreasonable restraint of a child, a gross misdemeanor. Her boyfriend and co-defendant,...

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