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Augusta woman convicted on questionable evidence heading home

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An Augusta woman imprisoned for six years should be home for Christmas following her plea Thursday, Dec. 15, to concealing the death of her severely disabled adult son.

Angela Mercer, 53, was initially only charged with concealing the death of another in October 2012. But after a medical examine...

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  1. What a horrible situation…for both the mother and son. A lot to “unpack” here. So much that it would be very hard to point fingers and judge this woman. We can say we know what we’d do here, but we don’t.

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