Woman sentenced for pushing commuter to her death in subway

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Fri, 2019-04-05 21:17

NEW YORK: A woman who pushed a commuter to her death in front of a New York City subway train just days after being released from a psychiatric facility was sentenced Friday to 20 years to life in prison.
Melanie Liverpool, 33, admitted shoving 49-year-old Connie Watton off a subway platform at the Times Square station in 2016 — a harrowing crime that made headlines and tapped into a common fear of New Yorkers.

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