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WEBVTT [KCCI CAPTIONING IS BROUGHT TOYOU BY THE IOWA CLINIC.]FIRST AT 5:00.A DES MOINES WOMAN SENTENCED TOPROBATION THURSDAY, FINDSHERSELF BACK IN JAIL TODAY.A JUDGE SAYS LACI TAYLOR, THEMOM WHO'S BABY DIED WHILEUNATTENDED ON A CHANGING TABLE,SHOWED SIGNS OF DRINKING ALCOHOLFOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S HEARING.KCCI'S HANNAH HILYARD EXPLAINSWHAT HAPPENED.LACI TAYLOR FACED UP TO TENYEARS IN PRISON, BUT THURSDAYHERE AT THE POLK COUNTYCOURTHOUSE, SHE WAS SENTENCED TOFIVE YEARS PROBATION.BUT NOW THAT SENTENCE IS BACK UPIN THE AIR.

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A Des Moines woman sentenced to five years’ probation this week is back in jail after failing a Breathalyzer test after the court hearing. A judge said Laci Taylor, 27, whose baby died while unattended on a changing table, showed signs of drinking alcohol following Thursday’s hearing. Taylor faced up to 10 years in prison but her sentence was lessened to five years’ probation after she admitted guilt in the death of her baby daughter. Judge Robert Blink said she was signing up for probation following that hearing when an intake officer detected alcohol in her system. Criminal defense expert Bill Kutmus said this kind of behavior isn’t uncommon. “If it’s a first-time offender, particularly if that person is facing what he or she thinks is a long sentence, in order to ease their nervousness, many of them will smoke marijuana, drink some alcohol,” Kutmus said. The judge said he is reconsidering the sentence. Taylor will be evaluated for substance abuse and addiction issues, and Blink said he will take that into consideration at her next hearing, which is scheduled for Aug. 14. Until then, she’s being held at the Polk County Jail without bond. “My guess is that Judge Blink is giving this woman a 10-day wake-up call,” Kutmus said.