( CNN ) -- A Massachusetts woman convicted of attempted murder after failing to properly care for her cancer-stricken son was sentenced Friday to spend eight to 10 years in prison , prosecutors said . Kristen LaBrie , 38 , also was ordered to serve five years on probation and to complete an anger management program , said Essex County district attorney spokesman Steve O'Connell . Prosecutors argued during LaBrie 's trial that she intentionally withheld medications and medical treatments , such as chemotherapy , from her son , Jeremy Fraser . Fraser , an autistic child who at age 6 was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma , was recuperating and his cancer was in remission . But in 2009 he died of leukemia . He was 9 years old . Prosecutors argued that LaBrie 's negligence was a factor that contributed to her son 's death , allowing the cancer to spread after it had been beaten back into remission . LaBrie had faced a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for the crime . She will be eligible for parole after eight years , O'Connell said . She was sentenced to probation for convictions of child endangerment and assault and battery . LaBrie 's attorney said earlier that the system failed his client . `` Some of the times when people have mental problems they have a hard time reaching out . That 's the purpose of social workers . Social workers are supposed to be able to detect when people have problems . The social workers on this case failed to do that . Certainly the warning signs were there , '' attorney Kevin James said on HLN 's `` Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell . '' `` Why did n't the people that knew better , why did n't they come forward and help ? '' he asked .
Kristen LaBrie is sentenced Friday to spend eight to 10 years in prison . Prosecutors argued that LaBrie intentionally withheld medications from her son . LaBrie 's attorney has said that the system failed his client .