guess we know why the poster didn't offer the insight to the sweet girl she/he posted about!
ADRIAN — A 16-year-old girl who killed her grandmother by poisoning her with morphine was sentenced Friday to life in prison with a chance for parole in 20 years.
Kristina Adkins cried as she apologized for poisoning Virginia Bentley in 2006. Adkins was 13 at the time.
Probate Judge Margaret Noe opted to sentence Adkins as an adult. She could have placed her in a juvenile facility until age 21 and then evaluated whether prison should be appropriate, court administrator David Stanifer said.
"She was very emotional and was crying," Stanifer said of Adkins. "I think she realized some serious consequences were going to hit."
"The judge received numerous letters from family members, both supporting a light sentence and a very severe sentence," Stanifer said.
Adkins pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Oct. 10. Her attorney, Mike McFarland, claims she was mistreated by Bentley, 53.
McFarland told the court that Adkins had a troubled childhood that included mental health problems and drug abuse by the time she was 13, according to The Daily Telegram of Adrian.
McFarland said Adkins never gave a specific explanation for why she wanted to kill her grandmother. "I think it was cumulative of her entire life experience," he said.
Lenawee County is on the Michigan-Ohio border."
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/1...ng-grandmother
if either of you want more on this story i happen to know the whole story not just what you all have read in the papers so feel free to private message me and i will tell you a little more about what i do know and just to let you know Kristina Adkins is not a bad person she has to be one of the sweetest girls i have ever had the luxury of spending time with i have lived in the same house with this young lady and there is alot more to her then what the media let on 
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