Jul 2, 2009 6:39 am US/Eastern
Sentencing Set For Wife Of Murdered FDNY Marshal
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Janet Redmond-Mercereau attends her husband's funeral in Dec. 2007 after he was found shot to death in his bed. She was convicted of Douglas Mercereau's murder on May 21, 2009.
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The widow of a New York City fire marshal faces prison for shooting him to death while he slept.
Forty-year-old Janet Redmond-Mercereau could face 25 years to life in prison when she is sentenced Thursday afternoon.
A Staten Island jury convicted her of second-degree murder on May 21.
Thirty-eight-year-old Douglas Mercereau was found in their home on Dec. 2, 2007. He had been shot three times in the head.
Redmond-Mercereau told investigators she never heard the gunshots. She said she was wearing earplugs and sleeping in another room with one of their children, who was sick.
Redmond-Mercereau's lawyer, Mario Gallucci, claimed the former school teacher and mother of two was innocent.
Redmond-Mercereau now faces 25 years to life in prison.
(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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