CLINTON, Ill. (AP) — A mother facing up to 20 years in prison in the 2003 drowning deaths of her three young children has asked a judge to grant her a new trial, citing errors with the jury.
Amanda Hamm, 30, of Clinton, is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 1 for her conviction of child endangerment last month. Her children, ages 3 to 6, died after the family's car sank in Clinton Lake.
A Macon County jury rejected first-degree murder charges that alleged Hamm and then-boyfriend Maurice LaGrone Jr. planned the drownings because the children were in the way of their relationship. Hamm and LaGrone have maintained the drownings were a tragic accident.
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LaGrone was convicted of murder in April and is serving a life sentence.