Mother seeks leniency for daughter who glued child to wall
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A woman who admitted beating her 2-year-old daughter and gluing her hands to a wall was a troubled teen.
Elizabeth Escalona faces from probation to life in prison, but prosecutors are seeking a 45-year prison sentence. She pleaded guilty in July to felony injury to a child.
Police say the 23-year-old mother attacked Jocelyn Cedillo in September 2011 because she was mad about potty training problems.
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At the sentencing hearing Tuesday, some authorities testified that Escalona was known to be in a gang when she was a teenager and harassed her mother.
But her mother, Ofelia Escalona, asked the judge for a sentence of probation.
She said her daughter "made a mistake. She's not a monster. She needs help."
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Testimony was to continue Wednesday.