article_snippet.sent: A woman convicted of killing Spears five-year-old son by poisoning her five-year-old son with salt has been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.
article_snippet.sent: Spears who chronicled her son Garnett's illnesses on a personal blog called 'Garnett's Journey' and other social media, was convicted by a jury in White Plains, New York, last month of second-degree murder in her son 2014 death at Westchester Medical Center.
article_snippet.sent: The 27-year-old SpearsScottsville, Kentucky, was found guilty last month of second-degree murder in the death of Garnett-Paul Spears at a suburban New York hospital (pictured Wednesday)
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutors asked for the maximum sentence, saying Spears made The 27-year-old Spears son ill because Spears had a bizarre need for attention.
article_snippet.sent: Spears lawyer requested the minimum 15 years to life - her son called The 27-year-old Spears a hardworking single mother who gave her son unconditional love.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutors said Spears loaded her son's .
article_snippet.sent: Poignant: Spears is seen here with her son.  
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutors said Spears loaded her son's feeding tube with a lethal amount of salt and kept on blogging .
article_snippet.sent: Throughout her son five years, Garnett Spears was forced to .
article_snippet.sent: his mother,' District Attorney Janet DiFiore said after Garnett Spears was convicted. '
article_snippet.sent: Spears told investigators that self blond, blue-eyed son, . whose father was killed in a car accident, suffered from a slew . of medical problems from Chrohn's and Celiac diseases to ear .
highlights_snippet.sent: The 27-year-old Spears, was found guilty last month of second-degree murder in the death of Garnett-Paul Spears .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The 27-year-old Spears was found guilty of force-feeding heavy concentrations of sodium through the boy's stomach tube .
  