On Demand
Headlines
- Wall Street's Payback
- Seating the Mayor at the New Yankees Stadium
- Star Wide Reciever Catches Bloomberg's Wrath
- Can Biotech Grow New Jobs?
- Obama Introduces the New Secretary of State
- More
- Mumbai's Leopold Cafe Lives To Tell Tale
- Palin Campaigns For Incumbent In Ga. Senate Runoff
- NPR Baghdad Reporter: Violence Up In Iraq
- More
- Dow plunges on news recession began in Dec. 2007
- Obama picks Gates, Clinton for foreign policy team
- Bush uses final 50 days in office to tout legacy
- More
News
Nixzmary Brown's Stepfather Guilty of Manslaughter
by WNYC Newsroom
NEW YORK, NY March 18, 2008 —
The stepfather of Nixzmary Brown has been convicted of manslaughter for the death of the 7-year-old girl who became a poster child for the problems within the city's child welfare agency.
Brooklyn jurors deliberated four days before finding Cesar Rodriguez guilty of first-degree manslaughter, which carries a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison.
Prosecutors said Nixzmary was the victim of years of abuse and neglect, and wanted a murder conviction.
Assistant DA Alma Dwimoh said it appeared the jurors were not convinced Rodriguez acted with depraved indifference, which is required for a murder conviction, but that they did decide he acted recklessly.
Nixzmary's mother, Nixaliz Santiago, faces a separate murder trial.
