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...