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(13 Oct 2012) 1. Tracking shot of Elizabeth Escalona entering courtroom and sitting down 2. Close-up of Texas State seal 3. Close-up of Escalona, seen from behind 4. Wide on Judge Larry Mitchell in court 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Larry Mitchell, Dallas County District Court Judge: "To me it comes down to a single salient fact. On September 7th, 2011, you savagely beat your child to the edge of death. For this you must be punished. Please stand." 6. Wide view of Escalona standing for verdict, UPSOUND: (English) Mitchell: "I find you guilty of the offence charged. I'll set your sentence at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of 99 years," (gasps in courtroom) "the sentence takes effect today as required by law you will received all back time credits. Chancellor, is there any reason in law why sentence should not be pronounced at this time?" 7. Mid of family members crying 8. Mid of prosecutor speaking to media 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Eren Price, Prosecutor: "I think everybody has obstacles in their life and the day that the justice system sends the message to people with obstacles that that becomes some excuse for your bad behaviour, for your poor choices, is the day that we should just open the doors of the jail up and let everybody out." 10. Tilt down of media 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Angie N'Duka, Elizabeth Escalona's attorney: "She's not evil, that's all I can tell you. Elizabeth Escalona is a, a child, who never developed, who never had a childhood. So no, she's not evil." 12. Mid of Escalona's relatives walking out of courtroom 13. Mid of Escalona's relatives waiting for lift, surrounded by media STORYLINE: A Dallas woman who beat her two-year-old daughter and glued the toddler's hands to a wall was sentenced in the US on Friday to 99 years in prison. State District Judge Larry Mitchell announced Elizabeth Escalona's sentence at the end of a five-day hearing. Prosecutor Eren Price, who originally offered Escalona a plea deal for 45 years, had argued that she now thought she deserved life. Mitchell said his decision came down to one thing. "On September 7th, 2011, you savagely beat your child to the edge of death," he said. "For this you must be punished." Escalona's other children told authorities their mother attacked two-year-old Jocelyn Cedillo because of potty training problems. Police said she kicked her daughter in the stomach, beat her with a milk jug, then stuck her hands to an apartment wall with an adhesive commonly known as "super glue." Jocelyn suffered bleeding in her brain, a fractured rib, multiple bruises and bite marks, a doctor testified. Some skin had been torn off her hands, where doctors also found glue residue and white paint chips from the apartment wall. Escalona pleaded guilty in July to one count of felony injury to a child. Price said Escalona would be eligible to apply for parole in 30 years. "I think everybody has obstacles in their life and the day that the justice system sends the message to people with obstacles that that becomes some excuse for your bad behaviour, for your poor choices, is the day that we should just open the doors of the jail up and let everybody out," said Price. Escalona's attorney, Angie N'Duka, had asked for probation or a prison sentence shorter than 10 years. She argued that her client was the product of a broken home, abuse and a childhood that included illegal drugs and gangs. "She's not evil, that's all I can tell you. Elizabeth Escalona is a child who never developed, who never had a childhood," N'Duka said. Escalona's five children, including Jocelyn and a baby born after the attack, are in the care of their grandmother, Ofeila Escalona. She had asked for leniency for her daughter. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/4e8f9a138434ba88724655e14a0f1ed4 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork