ATLANTA — A mother whose daughter was violently beaten is pleading for justice outside the Fulton County Courthouse.

The family of Tyriana Ledbetter, 20, says that she is fighting for her life after being attacked by an inmate, who Fulton County sheriff’s Office identified as 27-year-old Shanie White.

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In a press conference outside of the Fulton County Courthouse, Ledbetter’s mother, Gloria Buckner, claims that she found out about the attack on the news but wasn’t aware that it involved her daughter.

“I didn’t even know that was my child,” Buckner said. “I found out by a call, and still did not know that was my child shoved up under that bed.”

Buckner also says that although her daughter is unresponsive an

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