Two women were each sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in state prison for drowning a teenage friend in a remote mountain stream after angrily accusing her of sleeping with their boyfriends.

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Laura Doyle and Karen Severson, both 22, of Arleta, were convicted Jan. 31 of second-degree murder by a Superior Court jury that rejected the prosecution's call for a first-degree murder conviction.Several jurors said afterward they had not been convinced the slaying had been planned.

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