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Mom who killed child during at-home 'baptism' will not serve any jail time

Defense lawyers said Precious Bland suffered a COVID-related psychosis and command hallucinations, and the judge ruled she did not understand her actions.

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MIAMI (Court TV) — A woman who admitted to drowning her young daughter in a bathtub during an at-home “baptism” will not serve time in jail after she was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Precious Bland (Miami-Dade Police Department) Precious Leslie Bland, 43, waived her right to a jury and instead placed her fate in the hands of a judge after pleading not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and child a…

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Court TV broke the news on Wednesday, June 24, 2026.
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