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Friday, March 16, 2012

S.C. mom pleads guilty to murder in toddler sons' deaths

ORANGEBURG, S.C. -- A woman who admitted killing her two sons before driving her car into a lake in 2010 pleaded guilty to two counts of murder Friday.

Shaquan Duley appeared at the Orangeburg County Courthouse, where she admitted to killing 18-month-old Ja'Van Duley and 2-year-old Devean Duley. After asking her several questions, the judge accepted her plea.
Afterward, Duley asked for forgiveness from her family, the city, and told the judge that she loved her children.

Duley's mother, Helen, offered an emotional testimony in which she told the judge that she still loved her daugther, in spite of what happened, and wanted the judge to "have mercy on her."  Full Article