CROSSLAKE, Minn. — The Crosslake woman convicted of torturing her children and defrauding Medicaid was sentenced Thursday to just shy of four decades in prison, according to Attorney General Keith Ellison's Office.

A statement from the AG said after a three-week trial, Jorden Borders was found guilty of three counts of child torture, three counts of stalking, four counts of theft by false representation and one count of attempted murder. Crow Wing County Judge Patricia Aanes handed down the 468-month sentence, in which she also considered several aggravating factors, including: abusing her position of trust and acting with particular cruelty. Ellison's office said the judge also determined one of her three children was particularly vulnerable when the abuse took place.

Borders had pr

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