Texas Dumpster Mom Gets 20 Years In Prison

FORT WORTH -- Dana Wilson, 25, convicted of trying to smother her newborn in plastic bags and dumping him in a trash bin was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison. Wilson was stoic Friday afternoon -- as she had been throughout the weeklong trial -- as Judge Elizabeth Berry read the punishment imposed by a Tarrant County jury of seven women and five men.

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Posted by Editor at June 25, 2005 05:35 PM