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Link New murder laws!
BY KERRY BURKE, NANCIE L. KATZ and ADAM LISBERG
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Mayor Bloomberg (left) enters East Villge funeral home yesterday for the wake of tortured and slain 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown.
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes revealed chilling new details yesterday of how Nixzmary Brown was allegedly tortured by her stepfather in a hellhole called "the dirty room" - and said New York must change the law that could spring him from prison in as little as 25 years.
"There should be life without parole for someone who kills a child," Hynes said, adding that the law didn't allow him to charge stepfather Cesar Rodriguez, 27, with first-degree murder.
Rodriguez and the girl's 27-year-old mother, Nixzaliz Santiago, were both indicted yesterday on second-degree murder charges, which carry a maximum penalty of 25 years to life behind bars.