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Posted on Apr 19, 2012 By admin
California Gov. Jerry Brown commuted the prison sentence of a 51-year-old woman convicted of shaking her infant grandson to death 15 years ago, citing significant doubts about her guilt. Shirley Ree ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2010 By admin
Shirley Ree Smith has been separated from her daughter and grandchildren for 14 years, since her arrest in the 1996 death of her 7-week-old grandson. After a Van Nuys jury accepted a prosecution ...
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