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HOUSTON -- A Dallas judge sentenced a woman to 99 years in prison Friday after she admitted to gluing her toddler's hands to a wall and beating the girl so severely, she ended up in a coma, officials said.
Judge Larry Mitchell told the mother, Elizabeth Escalona, 23, that his decision came down to the fact that "you savagely beat your child to the edge of death," according to news accounts.
Escalona pleaded guilty July 12 to injury to a child. Prosecutor Eren Price had sought a 45-year sentence, while Escalona had hoped for probation. The judge more than doubled the prosecution's recommendation, citing the brutality of the attacks.
Escalona will serve at least 30 years in prison before she becomes eligible for parole, authorities said.
During the sentencing hearing, which started Monday, Escalona took the stand in her own defense, admitted that she abused her 2-year-old daughter, Jocelyn Cedillo, and pleaded for leniency.
"I hit her, I kicked her constantly, and she didn't deserve that," Escalona said, confirming that she glued the child's hands to the wall, the Dallas Morning News reported.
But, she added, "I want everybody to know that I'm not a monster. I love my kids." She has five children.
Escalona did not immediately react as Mitchell pronounced the sentence.
Escalona's other children told authorities their mother attacked Jocelyn because of potty training problems.
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.
Defense attorney Angie N'Duka asked for probation or a prison sentence shorter than 10 years. N'Duka argued that her client was a "train wreck" waiting to happen before the attack, the product of a broken home, abuse and a childhood that included illegal drugs and hanging out with gang members.
Escalona's five children, including Jocelyn and a baby born after the attack, are in the care of their grandmother, Ofeila Escalona.
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