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Apr 23, 2010

Woman threw kids off bridge

PORTLAND (Oregon) - A WOMAN convicted of dumping her children off a bridge, killing one, has been sentenced to at least 35 years in prison. At a hearing on Thursday in Portland, 32-year-old Amanda Stott-Smith told the judge she's sorry. The hearing confirmed a plea bargain announced last week. Avoiding the death penalty, Stott-Smith pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder. Her life sentence carries the possibility of release after she is 67. Investigators believe she dumped her children from the Sellwood Bridge in May in revenge against her estranged husband. Her 7-year-old daughter lived, her 4-year-old son died. The father, Jason Smith, told the judge he's tried to make sense of what happened but can't. -- AP