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Court documents show 28-year-old Julissa Thaler is charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder in the death of her son, Eli Hart.
The victim's family offered emotional testimony as they asked the court for a stiff sentence for their daughter's killer.
A judge cited a “perfect storm” of events when he chose to sentence a former daycare worker to probation for hanging a toddler in her Minneapolis home.
Suit contends workers ignored warning signs that Eli Hart's mother was mentally ill. She was later charged with killing the boy.
The budding comedian was outraged by the deaths of Black men at the hands of police. He wondered out loud if he would someday shoot it out rather than surrender.