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The State of Idaho is seeking the death penalty for a mother charged with murder in the deaths of her twin toddlers. She blamed their deaths on vaccines.
BOISE, Idaho — The State of Idaho is seeking the death penalty for a woman charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her twin toddlers. Andrea Shaw is accused of suffocating the twins, then blaming their deaths on vaccines.
In the notice to seek the death penalty, the state argues there are aggravated circumstances within the case. Officials argue the alleged murder happened while Andrea Shaw committed another murder, and called it "especially heinous, atrocious or cruel, manifesting exceptional depravity."
Officials said the alleged murder, Shaw "exhibited utter disregard for human life," and she is a threat to socie...
