JANET REDMOND-MERCEREAU, WHO WAS CONVICTED on May 21 of shooting her husband FDNY Fire Marshal Douglas Mercereau while he slept, was sentenced yesterday. Justice Robert Collini listened to Janet’s lawyer give one final plea for mercy and gave her two opportunities to speak in her own behalf. She declined both times. Justice Collini then gave her the maximum sentence of 25 years-to-life for her conviction of 2nd-degree murder.
The New York Times reported:
Ms. Redmond-Mercereau, 40, betrayed no emotion after the sentence was pronounced in State Supreme Court in Staten Island. She averted her gaze from the crowd when being led in and out of the courtroom and stared straight ahead throughout the hearing.
Yolanda L. Rudich, an assistant district attorney, argued that Ms. Redmond-Mercereau deserved the maximum sentence and recounted the events of the killing: Douglas Mercereau was shot three times in the head at the couple’s home in the Oakwood neighborhood, and evidence indicated that he was still alive after the first shot.
“But she didn’t care,” Ms. Rudich said, “and she didn’t stop there.” The second shot, she said, was fired only four inches from his head.
Just before the sentencing, the judge read a presentence report by the Department of Probation that described the crime as “cold, calculated and callous.”
Justice Collini said the department had recommended the maximum punishment, “and this court agrees.”
The Staten Island Advance had a video reporter in the courtroom recording the judge’s excoriation of Janet Mercereau and his pronouncement of sentence:
| Janet Redmond-Mercereau sentencing |
The Staten Island Advance has the REPORT.
The New York Times has MORE.
You can follow Firegeezer’s reports on the murder, arrest and the daily reports from the trial by clicking HERE on the verdict report and then following the links given at the end of the posting.
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