Andrea Peyser compared Nixzmary Brown to another young girl murdered years ago, Justina Morales.

The law said yesterday that Denise Solero need not serve a minute behind bars for taking part in killing her 8-year-old daughter, Justina Morales.

Throwing in time already served, he could be eligible for freedom in 2002, about when Justina Morales would have been wrestling with high-school algebra had she been given the chance.

"All of us stand responsible for what happened to Justina Morales," Mr. Dowd said.

Similarly, Mr. Stancik added, officials in District 15 failed to investigate the case of Justina Morales, whose mother's boyfriend was charged in her death this week.

A Brooklyn jury returns a verdict of manslaughter in the death of Justina Morales.

Peter Ayale, 7 years old, did not bother shouting when he spotted his mother, Justina Morales, walking through the entrance doors.

But that seems to have happened in the case of Justina Morales, a third grader who was apparently beaten to death 14 months ago by her mother's boyfriend.

Her name was Justina Morales and she was 8 years old when she was beaten and asphyxiated at home.

The mother of Justina Morales was sentenced to five years on probation yesterday after earlier admitting she had agreed with her boyfriend's determination to kill her daughter.