A Bismarck woman sent to prison in the death of her infant daughter last year and later granted a new trial by the state Supreme Court will not be retried
Prosecutors have asked a judge to drop a child neglect charge against Cassandra Black Elk. This comes after the Great North Innocence Project helped vacate her guilty plea.
The North Dakota Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court's ruling granting a new trial to Cassandra Black Elk, who had pleaded guilty in the death of her 3-week-old baby daughter.
The ruling upholds a January decision by Burleigh County District Judge David Borgen to vacate Cassandra Jo Marvella Black Elk’s plea, but it doesn’t necessarily mean the case is over.