After a 90-minute deliberation Tuesday, jurors decided to send Spring nurse Abigail Young to prison for 20 years because she failed to protect her 4-year-old daughter from a horrific and fatal beating allegedly inflicted by her handyman lover.
Emma Thompson died in June 2009 after a beating that left the preschooler with a fractured skull and ribs, a torn vagina and at least 80 bruises covering her body.

Young's knees buckled as state District Judge Doug Shaver read the jury's sentence, which included a $10,000 fine. Young burst into tears and sat huddled with defense attorney Julie Ketterman.

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[Congratulations to the prosecutors for holding a parent accountable for failing to do the thing that most makes you a parent: protecting your child.]

Apparently she didn't get any lessons from Palin's Bears!