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Mom absolved in death

A mother who starved her 7-year-old daughter to death was cleared of murder yesterday after prosecutors accepted her defense of diminished responsibility. Angela Gordon, 35, who admitted the manslaughter of Khyra Ishaq earlier this month, was formally found not guilty of murder. The girl and five other children in the care of Gordon and her partner had been denied food during months of cruelty, the court was told.