“Miss Briggs,” Judge Miller said, leaning over the bench.

“What you did was not a lapse in judgment.

It was a calculated, repeated pattern of cruelty toward a helpless five-year-old boy.”

Jaclyn stared back at him, jaw clenched, refusing to drop her eyes.

“I’m accepting the state’s recommended disposition,” Judge Miller went on.

“You are sentenced to three years of maximum supervised probation, mandatory enrollment in psychological rehabilitation counseling, and two hundred hours of community service.”

He stopped and picked a single white sheet off the pile.