The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to review the case of a Lancaster woman and her boyfriend who were convicted of torturing and murdering the woman’s 10-year-old son.

Heather Maxine Barron, now 36, and Kareem Ernesto Leiva, now 39, are serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for Anthony Avalos’ June 21, 2018, death.

In a July 24 ruling, a three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal noted the “extremity” of the pair’s treatment of Anthony Avalos, “which demonstrated far more violence than that necessary to discipline him for his supposed disobedience, provided substantial evidence to support a finding that they intended to inflict extreme and prolonged pain for some other purpose.”

“… The amount of pain and suffering caused by prolonge

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