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Omaha mother who gave birth on sidewalk gets 2 years in prison

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OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — An Omaha mother who pleaded no contest to leaving her newborn on a sidewalk has been sentenced.

Trinity Shakespeare received two years in jail for one count of child abuse. She abandoned the baby on a sidewalk near 24th and P Streets in February of this year.

At the time, Shakespeare and the child were taken to the hospital in non-life-threatening conditions.

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