Court Sentenced mum to 99 years in prison for beating child

Elizabeth Escalona A Dallas judge today sentenced Elizabeth Escalona to 99 years in prison for beating her 2-year-old daughter into a coma and gluing her hands to a wall because of potty-training problems.
Escalona, 23, had pleaded guilty in July to a felony count of injuring a child and admitted earlier this week to a

busing daughter Jocelyn Cedillo, saying, "Only a monster does that." But she rejected a plea bargain that called for a 45-year sentence and instead asked the judge for a second chance. Police said she kicked Jocelyn in the stomach, beat her with a milk jug and then Super Glued her hands to an apartment wall. A doctor testified that Jocelyn suffered bleeding in her brain, which put her in a coma for a couple of days; a broken rib; multiple bruises and bite marks; and skin torn from her hands from being stuck to the wall, the Associated Press says.