Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Richardson, right, listens as attorney, Gary Brotherton, and his client, Alyssa Bustamante look on in Cole County Circuit Court in Jefferson City, Mo., Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Bustamante appeared for a hearing on whether to set aside her plea in the 2009 slaying of 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten. Bustamante was 15 at the time. She initially faced a first-degree murder charge, punishable by a mandatory life sentence without parole. Bustamante pleaded guilty in 2012 to second-degree murder. She was sentenced to life with the chance of parole. (AP Photo/The Jefferson City News-Tribune, Julie Smith, Pool)
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