A Travis County judge has declared that
Rosa Jimenez, serving a 99-year sentence for the death of a toddler in her care in 2003, should be released from prison while she awaits a new trial that was first ordered a decade ago. At a Jan. 26 hearing, District Judge
Karen Sage ordered the release on bond, saying, “I do not believe that Ms. Jimenez should spend another night in jail if it can be prevented.” Her attorneys say she could be free by the end of the week.
Jimenez, an unauthorized immigrant, was 20, a mother of a one-year old daughter, and seven months pregnant when 21-month-old