[reachmanxx]

Do you actually understand the difference between someone being "charged" with a crime and being "convicted" of one? It seems not.

Faces life does not mean convicted, Bungle. It means it is a possible outcome of her situation. It means if she loses at trial, she will then have a life sentence, and would thus be serving life. It means that is the outcome if prosecutors get their way. Nothing more. Not that she is convicted. Just what will happen if she is convicted. It's very meaning seems to be what is eluding you.