Portland father who killed toddler gets ‘substantial reduction’ in sentence after first conviction thrown out over prosecutor bias

A man who was

formerly serving a lifetime sentence

for murdering his 15-month-old daughter has struck a new plea deal that lets him out of custody in 1½ more years.

Darian McWoods has already served 8½ years behind bars because a Multnomah County jury found him guilty of murder by abuse in 2018.

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