Plea deal offered to woman charged with killing newborn son while she studied to become nun
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Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to a woman charged in the death of her newborn son at the convent where she was studying to become a nun.
Under the agreement offered during a hearing Wednesday in D.C. Superior Court, 26-year-old Sosefina Amoa would plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter rather than first-degree murder. A preliminary hearing in the case was waived while Amoa and the public defender representing her consider the deal.
Under D.C. law, a manslaughter charge is punishable by up to 30 years in prison. A first-degree murder charge carries a penalty of no less than 30 years.
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Amoa was arrested last week after police say she gave birth to the boy at the Little Sisters of the Poor convent, then suffocated him inside her room.