Alyssa Bustamante takes the witness stand for her hearing 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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