Penny Boudreau, Convicted of 2008 Murder of Daughter in Nova Scotia, Gets Day Parole

Penny Boudreau is escorted from provincial court after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Karissa Boudreau, in Bridgewater, N.S., on Jan. 30, 2009. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan

The Nova Scotia woman sentenced to life in prison for strangling her 12-year-old daughter is being granted day parole for six months.

Penny Boudreau killed her daughter Karissa in 2008, claiming she ran away after an argument outside a Bridgewater, N.S. grocery store.