Photos: Gina Celaya released from prison
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Gina Celaya was arrested at age 14 for the murder in 1992 of a 50-year-old man. She was released from prison on May 15 after a plea agreement in Pima County Superior Court.
Gina Celaya talks with defense attorney Walter Nash after Pima County Superior Court Judge Richard Nichols granted her release following a plea agreement on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Prosecutor Rick Unklesbay looks on in the background.
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Gina Gail Celaya carries palm fronds she trimmed from a tree at the Arizona State Prison, Perryville unit, in Goodyear on July 31, 2001, where she is an inmate. Celaya fatally shot 50-year-old Trinidad Lopez in 1992, days after she turned 14, and stole his truck.
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Gina Celaya, right, smiles after she's led out of the courtroom following her release by Pima County Superior Court Judge Richard Nichols with a plea agreement on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in Pima County Superior Court.
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Yearbook photo of Gina Celaya from 1992.
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Gina Gail Celaya
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Gina Celaya on the stand in September, 1994, during her murder trial in Pima County Superior Court.
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Gina Celaya at the Pima County Jail in September, 2003.
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Gina Celaya hugs defense attorney Walter Nash III after reaching a plea agreement on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in PIma County Superior Court.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Gina Celaya talks with defense attorney Walter Nash after Pima County Superior Court Judge Richard Nichols granted her release following a plea agreement on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Prosecutor Rick Unklesbay looks on in the background.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Gina Celaya with defense attorneys Walter Nash, left, and William Kirchner listen as prosecutor Rick Unklesbay addresses the court on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in Pima County Superior Court.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Gina Celaya listens to her lawyer during an evidentiary hearing in Pima County Superior Court Monday April 26, 1999. Celaya was convicted for killing a man during a robbery when she was 14.
- Aaron J. Latham / Arizona Daily Star
Gina Gail Celaya carries palm fronds she trimmed from a tree at the Arizona State Prison, Perryville unit, in Goodyear on July 31, 2001, where she is an inmate. Celaya fatally shot 50-year-old Trinidad Lopez in 1992, days after she turned 14, and stole his truck.
- Aaron J. Latham / Arizona Daily
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