An Ohio woman was convicted Monday of killing her baby in a microwave oven, and sentenced to life without parole. China Arnold, 28, was spared the death penalty after a jury was unable to agree on a sentencing verdict, the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News reported.

Attorneys for an Ohio woman convicted of killing her baby in a microwave oven say they want an investigation of alleged official misconduct in the case. China Arnold, 28, was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole by a Montgomery County, Ohio, judge Monday.

By JAMES HANNAH DAYTON, Ohio - A mother was arrested on suspicion of murdering her newborn daughter by microwaving the baby in an oven. China Arnold, 26, was jailed Monday on a charge of aggravated murder, more than a year after she brought her dead month-old baby to a hospital.