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Malnourished Girl's Mom Sentenced To At Least 32 Years In Prison
32-year-old Carlotta Brett-Pierce has been sentenced to a minimum of 32 years in prison. And the judge blasted her for not accepting responsibility for the death, calling her a "self-centered, volatile and belligerent woman."
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Ben Yakas
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Mother Found Guilty Of Beating, Starving And Drugging Severely Malnourished Girl To Death
The mother of Marchella Pierce—the severely malnourished 4-year-old girl who was found dead in her Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment with bruises all over her body—has been found guilty of murder.
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Ben Yakas
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6-Year-Old Testifies In Severely Malnourished Girl Trial
The child didn't repeat his previous claims that his mother, Carlotta Brett-Pierce, forced pills down his sister’s throat and beat her with a belt. He did, however, refer to her as "my old mommy."
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Ben Yakas
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6-Year-Old Son May Testify Against Mom In Malnourished Girl Trial
Prosecutors argued that it was essential to their case to let Brett-Pierce's six-year-old son, who previously told authorities that his mother forced pills down his sister’s throat and beat her with a belt, testify.
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Ben Yakas
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Malnourished Girl's Father Suing City For $150 Million
The father of a severely malnourished 4-year-old girl who died in her Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment last year, weighing a scant 18 pounds, is planning to sue the city for $150 million.
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Ben Yakas
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Children's Services Commissioner Mattingly Resigns
Yesterday, Administration for Children's Services Commissioner John Mattingly, whose tenure has seen high-profile tragedies such as the deaths of Nixzmary Brown and Marchella Pierce, turned in his resignation.
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Jen Chung
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Bloomberg Defends ACS Head After Workers Get Charged With Homicide
Former ACS supervisor Chereece Bell, and former ACS case worker Damon
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Ben Yakas
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Two ACS Workers Charged With Homicide In Child's Death, Grandmother Faces Manslaughter Charges
Former ACS supervisor Chereece Bell, left, ACS case worker Damon Adams
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Ben Yakas
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Malnourished Girl's Mother Impatient For Trial To Start
Carlotta Brett-Pierce (from her MySpace) Last fall, we were horrified by
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Ben Yakas
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ACS Admits Fault in Malnourished Girl's Death
Pierce, mother of 4-year-old Marchella Pierce In early September, police found
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Ben Yakas
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