Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Prosecutors have decided not to pursue the death penalty against a New
Jersey teen accused of killing her newborn son.
The reduction in charges against 19-year-old Amy Grossberg comes after
her high school sweetheart, Brian Peterson, pleaded guilty to
manslaughter in a deal with prosecutors.
Peterson told prosecutors Grossberg told him to ``get rid of'' the
baby immediately after she gave birth in a Delaware hotel room in 1996.
Peterson, who is also 19, says he thought the child was stillborn and
put it in a garbage bin behind the hotel.
He faces up to 10 years in prison.
Grossberg faces a second-degree murder charge, which could land her
10 to 20 years in prison if she is convicted.
Lawyers for Grossberg and Peterson have argued the pair of University
of Delaware students from Wyckoff, N.J., believed the child was
stillborn when they disposed of the body.
Grossberg's trial is slated for May 4. For a second-degree murder
conviction in Delaware, prosecutors must prove a defendant ``recklessly
caused the death of another person under circumstances which manifest a
cruel, wicked and depraved indifference to human life.''
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