A Lake County judge sentenced a Park City woman to eight years for involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment of her own child.
A Park City woman was sentenced to eight years in prison for the death of her own child on Thursday.
Jennifer Stroud, 41, was convicted on May 10 of one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of endangering a child /causing death Stroud was first charged with both felonies in January 2017 for failing to take her son, Jason Stroud, to regular hospital visits after a heart transplant and not giving him critical daily medication needed to prevent his body from rejecting his new heart."As the court noted, this is a tremendous tragedy. Our office prosecuted both parents because Jason's death was preventable. It was criminal and reckless for them to fail to treat and care for their son. As Mr.
Defense attorneys called three witnesses to provide testimony during the sentencing hearing. The defense also requested probation in their presentation to the court. The sentence is to be served at 50 percent with two years of supervised release -- including 75 days of credit. Thanks for reading CBS NEWS.Please enter valid email address to continue
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