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California mom convicted in daughter's microwave death

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A jury on Friday convicted a California woman of first-degree murder and assault in the microwave oven death of her 1-month-old daughter, rejecting her argument that she was in the midst of a seizure and didn't know what she was doing. Ka Yang, 34, is facing 26-years-to-life in prison, and she is scheduled to be sentenced in December, the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office said. Prosecutors say Yang put her daughter, Mirabelle Thao-Lo, in the microwave at her Sacramento-area home for 2½ to 5 minutes in March 2011. The girl suffered what authorities said were extensive thermal injuries. Yang's attorney, Linda Parisi, said after the verdict that she was disappointed, the Sacramento Bee (http://bit.ly/1LesBW2 ) reported. "Ms. Yang suffers from epilepsy. She had an epileptic seizure. It was not deliberate conduct," Parisi said. Yang, who is married and has three other children, initially told investigators that she blacked o...