California: Ka Yang, 34 has been jailed for life for putting her one-year-old daughter Mirabelle Thao-Lo in the microwave for up to five minutes.
Ka Yang Lawyer from Sacramento in California, said she had an epileptic seizure and was not aware of her actions, paramedics did not find the mother disorientated when they arrived and that her account changed several times.
The medical experts told that the child was fatally injured by the heating process and she would have been in severe pain as radiation burns penetrated her internal organs.
The Prosecutors stated that Yang has put her daughter inside the oven in anger as she was angry with the baby for distracting her from work for an architectural firm.
Yang, who has three other children was convicted of first-degree murder and assault after jurors dismissed her defence that she was not in control and was jailed for life on Friday and will serve a minimum sentence of 26 years.