at the conclusion of the hearing, the jury found alice clifton guilty of infanticide and the following saturday she was brought into court to receive a death sentence. up until the year of clifton’s trial, infanticide was considered a capital crime despite the fact that many juries ruled for less devastating sentences. clifton’s status as a slave woman combined with her infanticide charges being regarded as the harm of someone else’s property left clifton vulnerable to the death sentence. those observing the case, however, opposed this punishment so passionately that they rioted in order to spare clifton’s life. as a result of this mob, clifton was not put to death despite her sentencing. it is unknown as to what happened to alice clifton following the events of this trial.