Shouse sentenced for hot car death of son
Published: Sep. 26, 2012 at 3:29 PM EDT|Updated: Oct. 3, 2012 at 3:29 PM EDT
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – The Louisville woman convicted for murdering her son has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.
Judge Olu Stevens upheld the jury's recommendation during the sentencing of Mollie Shouse Wednesday morning.
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Shouse was convicted of wanton murder and wanton endangerment for leaving her two-year-old son, Kenton Brown, in a car outside of her Lyndon apartment on May 18, 2011. Kenton was found dead hours later.
Prosecutors say Shouse took her son to a drug deal hours before he died.
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