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Post by Logan on Mar 11, 2016 5:58:59 GMT -6
Michigan parents sentenced to life in prison without parole for brutal starvation death of 5-year-old daughter Michigan parents were sentenced to life in prison without parole as the brutal starvation death of their 5-year-old daughter defied "explanation or understanding," a judge said Thursday. Andrew Maison and Hilery Maison were accused of abusing and torturing little Mackenzie in their Port Huron home. The father and stepmother were convicted in January of first-degree murder, child abuse and torture. St. Clair County Circuit Judge Daniel Kelly passed sentence on the couple on Thursday, but said others who "chose to do nothing are ... equally responsible for this crime," the Times Herald reported. "...It’s unfathomable how parents could not only allow that to happen, but to purposefully cause that to happen," prosecutor Mona Armstrong told the newspaper. "That is a specific special kind of evil." Read more: www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/mich-couple-sentenced-life-starvation-death-child-article-1.2559967
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