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Binghamton woman convicted of beating her 2-year-old son to death
Posted: 08.29.2012 at 9:01 AM
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BINGHAMTON (AP) -- A Binghamton woman has been found guilty of beating her 2-year-old son to death in 2010.

Local media outlets report that a Broome County Court jury on Tuesday convicted 25-year-old Veronica Taft of second-degree murder for killing her son Lyric on Dec. 30, 2010 at their Binghamton apartment.

Her lawyer declined to comment after the verdict.

Taft faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison and a minimum sentence of 18 years to life. She will be sentenced Nov. 22.

(Copyright ©2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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