Mom found guilty; jury hands down 27-year prison term

BRISTOW — The mother of Kelsey Smith-Briggs sobbed, "I don't understand. Help me,” in court Wednesday after jurors found her guilty of allowing the girl to be abused.

BRISTOW — The mother of Kelsey Smith-Briggs sobbed, "I don't understand. Help me,” in court Wednesday after jurors found her guilty of allowing the girl to be abused.

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Lance Briggs, father of Kelsey Smith-Briggs, makes a statement Wednesday outside the Bristow Municipal Building while his mother Kathie Briggs, center, and sister Shirica Howard, left, look on after a jury returned its verdict in the child-abuse case of Raye Dawn Smith, Kelsey's mother. BY JIM BECKEL, THE OKLAHOMAN

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