Michigan Teen Pleads Guilty to Poisoning Grandmother
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A 16-year-old Michigan girl pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder for poisoning her grandmother with morphine.
Kristina Adkins entered the plea in a packed courtroom in the southeastern Michigan town of Adrian. She was only 13 in 2006, when 53-year-old Virginia Bentley was poisoned.
The girl's attorney, Mike McFarland, said she turned to poison because she was mistreated by her grandmother.
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Prosecutor Jonathan Poer was not immediately available for comment.
Because of her age, Kristina could receive a maximum life term as an adult, but a judge could consider her juvenile status as well and choose lighter punishment at sentencing on Oct. 31.