SCHENECTADY — Persia Nelson, the Schenectady mother convicted of murder after she left her 11-month-old daughter to freeze to death in a utility area at General Electric’s downtown plant, was given the maximum prison sentence Monday after the judge scoffed at her insistence it was all an accident.
Schenectady County Judge Matthew Sypniewski sentenced the 26-year-old to 25 years to life in prison after calling her a “baby murderer.”
Nelson apologized for the girl’s death in remarks she made before the judge imposed his sentence. She wept and trembled as she shared regrets she had for her daughter, Halo Branton, and the infant’s loved ones, deeming the death a “tragic accident.”…