FOXNews.com: California gov. commutes woman's sentence in shaken baby case

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California gov. commutes woman's sentence in shaken baby case Apr 6th 2012, 19:17 SACRAMENTO, Calif. –  California Gov. Jerry Brown has commuted the sentence of a woman convicted of shaking her baby grandson to death. Shirley Ree Smith was convicted in December 1997 of shaking her 7-week old grandson and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. The Van Nuys woman has maintained her innocence and has been free since 2006 as she awaited numerous federal appeals on her case. Brown says in a commutation letter released Friday that "it is clear that significant doubts surround Ms. Smith's conviction." The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had three times set aside Smith's conviction, saying the case likely was "a miscarriage of justice," and that there was no support for the prosecution's theory. The U.S. Supreme Court last year reinstated Smith's conviction.

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