Public defender Kim Cossick speaks with reporters following the sentencing hearing for Alexandra Eckersley at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H., on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)

Superior Court Justice Amy Messer issues her ruling of a suspended sentence during a hearing for Alexandra Eckersley at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H., on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)

Kaitlin Reilly, a friend of Alexandra Eckersley, fights back tears during the sentencing hearing for Alexandra Eckersley at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H., on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)

Alexandra Eckersley, who was convicted on charges that she abandoned her newborn in the woods, hugs her mother, Nancy Eckersley, after her sentence was suspended at a hearing at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H., on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)

Alexandra Eckersley, who was convicted on charges that she abandoned her newborn in the woods, hugs her public defender Kim Cossick, after her sentence was suspended at a hearing at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H., on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)