FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 In a handwritten letter asking a judge for leniency, Brittany Hanfield wrote she had been behind bars since she was 17 years old and pregnant. <\/p>\n
Hanfield, who was born in Fort Lauderdale, wrote to Broward County Circuit Judge Bernard Bober that she gave birth to her daughter while in detention. <\/p>\n
Over the years, Hanfield wrote about her dream of being able to raise her daughter in freedom, and sent Bober a photo of them during a prison visit.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe way I was living, I wouldn\u2019t have lived to see 18,\u201d Hanfield wrote. Years later, in another letter, she wrote, \u201cPrison is an evil world of its own.\u201d<\/p>\n
In May, her daughter turned 17. On Tuesday, Hanfield appeared in court for a new capital homicide case related to when she was 17. <\/p>\n
Records show that months after Hanfield turned 17, detectives identified her as a suspect in a case on April 11, 2007. It was for aggravated battery on a person 65 years old or older, burglary, and attempted robbery with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n
Detectives later identified Hanfield as a suspect in a case on Aug. 21, 2007. It was for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and carjacking. <\/p>\n
Detectives also identified Hanfield as a suspect in an armed robbery case on Aug. 30, 2007. She was convicted of all six charges and sentenced to 25 years in prison on Sept. 26, 2008. <\/p>\n
Months after Hanfield turned 17, detectives identified her as a suspect in a case on April 11, 2007. It was for aggravated battery on a person 65 years old or older, burglary, and attempted robbery with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n
Detectives identified her as a suspect in a case on Aug. 21, 2007. It was for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and carjacking. Detectives also identified her as a suspect in an armed robbery case on Aug. 30, 2007. <\/p>\n
Hanfield was convicted of all six charges and sentenced to 25 years in prison on Sept. 26, 2008. <\/p>\n