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FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2014 file photo Alyssa Bustamante appears in a Jefferson City, Mo., court during a hearing on whether to set aside her plea in the 2009 slaying of 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten when she was 15. A judge denied a new trial for Bustamante on Monday, March 10, 2014 ruling she understood what she was doing when she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and did not receive ineffective advice from her attorneys. (AP Photo/The Jefferson City News-Tribune, Julie Smith, Pool, File)
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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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Alyssa Bustamante sits in Cole County Circuit Court 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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Columbia attorney Gary Brotherton listens to a response as he questions Alyssa Bustamante's, at left, former attorney 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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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)
