Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Lisl Auman Pleads Out
Lisl Auman pled guilty to burglary and accessory to murder yesterday in a deal that, if all goes well, will take her out of prison and put her in a halfway house for a little while. The apparent cap on the sentence is 20 years, which in Colorado means less than half that time actually in jail. Lisl has already served over 7 years so even if she gets the maximum, her release is only months away. I was hoping for the 30 years originally contemplated but perhaps her arguments for less time have strengthened with her celebrity. The judge still has to approve it and community corrections (where she is to serve the remainder of the sentence) has to accept her (which it will), but it looks like a done deal to me. On 6/1 I posted about Ms. Auman and updated on her on 6/23. Both times I urged her to take a deal. So I'm feeling a little vindicated here, and as Vince 'our main man' Carroll says in the RMN today, "When all is said and done, she is not the blameless victim of treacherous acquaintances, vengeful prosecutors and unprincipled police that her legion of publicists has insisted. And now she has admitted as much, whatever else she may say today or in the future." Case closed.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 6:39 AM 
