Caged
Oct 11 2007, AP

A mother convicted of punishing her son by forcing him to sit in a dog cage was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison.Jessica Botzko, 28, apologized before the sentencing, saying that her time spent in jail the past six months “has really opened...

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