A judge this morning ordered a mother to serve 60 days in jail because she failed to report her infant daughter’s suspicious injuries in the weeks leading up to the girl’s death at the hands of her father. Judge Paula Martin sentenced Brandi Mae Hendrickson to a one-year jail term but said she would be released on parole after 60 days. She also will be released from jail for work and counseling as she tries to regain custody of her older daughter.Hendrickson’s 5-month-old daughter, Risha Lafferty, died in October 2005 with a fractured skull and signs of being shaken. Earlier this year a jury convicted the baby’s father, Jay D. Decker, of first-degree murder.Hendrickson initially was charged with felony child endangerment because she saw some of the injuries and didn’t report them, but she pleaded to a misdemeanor as part of a deal to testify against Decker. Defense attorney Kay Huff had asked Judge Martin to give Hendrickson a non-jail sentence. She said her client was naive, had a below-average I.Q. and made decisions slowly- factors that she said might account for Hendrickson’s failure to call the authorities when the baby turned up with injuries while she was at work and Decker was babysitting. “Ms. Hendrickson understands fully that her baby paid the ultimate price,” Huff said. “Society’s judgment is very harsh on mothers in Ms. Hendrickson’s position.”Assistant Dist. Atty. Brandon Jones asked the judge to impose a 12-month jail sentence.Martin said she considered factors including Hendrickson’s mental ability, her cooperation with the state, and the fact that if she had been convicted of a felony, she likely only would have served probation under state sentencing guidelines. -contributed by Eric Weslander.