Woman Who Suffocated Child Got the Right Sentence ; Sally Schofield Is Saying 28 Years Is Too Harsh a Term for What She Did. No, It Isn't.

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Sally Schofield was convicted of manslaughter in 2002 in the death of a 5-year-old foster child, Logan Marr, by suffocating her with duct tape. Now, she is appealing her 28-year sentence on the grounds that a recent federal decision on sentencing guidelines shows her prison term was too severe.

Any objective examination of the facts of the case entered into evidence at Schofield's trial, however, would show her sentence was fitting.

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Woman Who Suffocated Child Got the Right Sentence ; Sally Schofield Is Saying 28 Years Is Too Harsh a Term for What She Did. No, It Isn't.

The federal verdict her attorney is citing was passed down in an unrel...

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