This pretty much speaks for itself. Woman and man killed the woman's 3 kids. Man get's 1st-degree murder and life in prison, woman gets 10 years.CLINTON, Illinois (AP) -- A woman convicted of letting her three young children drown in a car that sank in a lake was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison.
Amanda Hamm, 30, was convicted in December in the deaths of Christopher Hamm, 6, Austin Brown, 3, and Kyleigh Hamm, 1, who were trapped in the car in Clinton Lake in 2003. She was cleared of first-degree murder charges that would have sent her to prison for life.
Prosecutors allege Hamm and then-boyfriend Maurice LaGrone Jr. planned the deaths because the children were in the way of their relationship. Hamm and LaGrone, who was convicted of first-degree murder, have maintained the car accidentally rolled into the water as LaGrone tried to back up from a boat ramp.
Hamm had faced a sentence ranging from probation to 20 years.
Her mother, Ann Powers, said she was pleased with the sentence, while prosecutors were disappointed. The children's father had said he wanted the maximum sentence imposed.
Powers had argued for leniency, saying she did not think Hamm meant for her children to die.
"I don't think there's any intent. ... I don't really know what to say," she said, choking back tears.
Defense attorney Steve Skelton has said he will ask that Hamm be released with credit for the time she already has spent in jail. He also plans to appeal her conviction.
LaGrone, 31, serving a life sentence without a chance of parole, has appealed his conviction.
What. The. F*ck.
If this isn't sexism, I'll eat my hat.
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