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A recommended sentencing of 37 years to life was approved.
Pilkington was sentenced to 15 years to life for each count of murder and seven years for involuntary manslaughter.
UPDATE >>
— Jenna Lawson WHIO (@JLawsonWHIO) November 19, 2019
Pilkington takes plea deal to one count of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of murder. @whiotv @WHIORadio @springfieldnews
Her defense team said that test results showed Pilkington’s brain has damage from severe abuse and childhood lead poisoning.
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NOW:
— Jenna Lawson WHIO (@JLawsonWHIO) November 19, 2019
Pilkington’s attorney is now speaking to judge ahead of sentence.
He mentions test results showing Pilkington’s brain damage from severe abuse and childhood lead poisoning.
‘It doesn’t excuse her conduct, but by God, it does explain it’@whiotv @WHIORadio @springfieldnews pic.twitter.com/mscsZeTIVJ
Logan County Prosecutor Eric Stewart also addressed the court, saying he considered what her sons would want him to say for them.
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“I can’t even imagine what they’d want me to say,” he said.
Logan County Prosecutor Eric Stewart up next.
— Jenna Lawson WHIO (@JLawsonWHIO) November 19, 2019
When thinking about what Pilkington’s sons would want him to say in this moment >>
“I can’t even imagine what they’d want me to say.”@whiotv @WHIORadio @springfieldnews pic.twitter.com/Cky1ChwNTI
>> Bellefontaine mom charged with killing 3 sons not opposed to testing
Pilkington was accused of smothering her three sons, Niall, Gavin and Noah, to death over a 13-month period.
Niall, 3 months, died in July 2014; Gavin, 4, died in April 2015; and Noah, 3 months, died in August 2015.
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