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In 1997, a teenage au pair shot to national attention after an infant died in her care

Charged and convicted on charges of murder, a jury decision meant that she would likely spend the rest of her life in prison

But a judge overturned the verdict, reducing the charge to manslaughter and sentencing the 19-year-old to time served

The nation was riveted by the case of a teenage au pair who, in 1997, was charged and convicted on charges of murder after an infant in her care died of brain injuries attorneys would later argue she had caused. But while a jury convicted her of second-degree murder, a judge overturned the verdict, reducing the charge to manslaughter and sentencing the then-19-year-old to the time she had already served while awaiting trial: 279 days.

Judge Hiller

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