A Hancock County jury convicted James Boswell on Friday of manslaughter for killing 10-month-old Alexis Nicole Nephew.
Following the verdict, defense attorney Tom Berry looked toward the jury and mouthed, "Thank you." He turned and gave a thumbs-up to Boswell's parents.
Boswell, 20, was facing capital murder, and if convicted of it he would have become the youngest person on Mississippi's death row. Instead he faces up to 20 years in prison, less the two years he's already served. Boswell will be sentenced Tuesday by Judge Jerry O. Terry.
Boswell's sister, who declined to give her name, said the verdict was bittersweet because she wanted her brother to come home.
"I'm happy that my brother is not going to die," she said. "I just want him to come home."
The baby was left in Boswell's care on March 6, 2003, at his Carroll Avenue apartment. Around 1:20 a.m., he called the Hancock County Sheriff's Department, saying the baby had stopped breathing.
The infant's mother, Archelle Perret, 31, was at work. She left the baby with her sister, who in turn left the baby with Boswell while she went out with friends, according to trial testimony.
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Following the verdict, defense attorney Tom Berry looked toward the jury and mouthed, "Thank you." He turned and gave a thumbs-up to Boswell's parents.
Boswell, 20, was facing capital murder, and if convicted of it he would have become the youngest person on Mississippi's death row. Instead he faces up to 20 years in prison, less the two years he's already served. Boswell will be sentenced Tuesday by Judge Jerry O. Terry.
Boswell's sister, who declined to give her name, said the verdict was bittersweet because she wanted her brother to come home.
"I'm happy that my brother is not going to die," she said. "I just want him to come home."
The baby was left in Boswell's care on March 6, 2003, at his Carroll Avenue apartment. Around 1:20 a.m., he called the Hancock County Sheriff's Department, saying the baby had stopped breathing.
The infant's mother, Archelle Perret, 31, was at work. She left the baby with her sister, who in turn left the baby with Boswell while she went out with friends, according to trial testimony.
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