Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Florida's Foster Mom

"55-year sentence in Fla. missing foster child case" by Curt Anderson  |  Associated Press, February 13, 2013

MIAMI — A woman who once cared for missing foster child Rilya Wilson was sentenced Tuesday to 55 years in prison for kidnapping and child-abuse convictions, closing a case that spanned more than a decade and triggered changes in the child-welfare system in Florida.

Circuit Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez imposed the sentence on Geralyn Graham, 67, who was convicted last month following an eight-week trial....

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