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HALIFAX  — A Nova Scotia woman serving a life sentence for strangling her own daughter to death has been granted six months of day parole. Penny Patricia Boudreau murdered her 12-year-old daughter Karissa on Jan. 27, 2008, later claiming it was to save her relationship with her boyfriend. The following year, Boudreau pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. A judge sentenced her to life in prison with no chance of parole for 20 years. “The board believes that you are on a journey of observable and measurable positive personal changes which have evolved over time,” said the decision...