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Andrea Sneiderman, the widow of a man murdered outside a Dunwoody day care has been released from prison.
Sneiderman was convicted in 2013 of lying about an affair with her husband’s killer, Hemy Neuman. Neuman, her former boss, was convicted last August on nine of 13 felony counts, including perjury, making false statements to investigators and hindering the apprehension of a criminal.
Sneiderman was sentenced to 60 months in state prison, but the state parole board decided she should serve 22 months. She was released early Monday morning, according to the state department of corrections.
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http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/andrea-sneiderman-sentenced-to-five-yeas-in-jail/nZTHr/The perjury trial of Andrea Sneiderman may be over, but the saga that began 1,006 days ago when her husband was gunned down by her former boss is far from over.
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“Following this decision, our family has determined that we have no choice but to continue to litigate the pending civil lawsuits against the defendant to the fullest extent possible under the law,” Rusty Snedierman’s family said in a statement released by their attorney, Esther Panitch.
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Her attorneys say she could conceivably appear before a parole board in as little as two months.
DeKalb Superior Court Judge Gregory A. Adams sentenced her to five years on each count to run concurrently. The judge also gave Sneiderman credit for the three weeks she spent in jail after her Aug. 2, 2012, arrest and the following 11-plus months she was under house arrest until murder charges against her were dismissed July 29.
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Sneiderman pleaded for leniency during her sentencing hearing, insisting she did not have an affair with Neuman, who was sentenced to life in prison in March 2012.
“I never thought Mr. Neuman was capable of murder,” she said.
She acknowledged, though, that “the line of appropriate conduct was blurred.”
“I thought I could handle him,” she said. “I thought he was a man just being a man.”
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“I was shocked when the prosecution began attacking me,” she said. “I fought back, and I tried to defend myself. I’m embarrassed when I watch the tape of my testimony.”
Sneiderman, dressed in an orange jail jumpsuit, shed tears throughout the testimony of friends and family speaking on her behalf.
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The brother of Rusty Sneiderman, speaking before the judge, said his sister-in-law had no one to blame but herself.
“She thinks she’s special, but she’s not,” Steve Sneiderman said. “She’s a common criminal. She lied to her family. She lied to her friends. She lied to Rusty.”
“Without her lies and betrayal, Rusty would still be here with his children,” he said. “A very special man is gone because of her actions.”
Defense attorney Tom Clegg noted that the jury ruled that Andrea Sneiderman had no involvement in her husband’s murder.
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Later, Clegg said: “I felt like I was kicked in the stomach when I heard the verdict. I still feel that way.”
Sneiderman’s friends spoke of the need for their children to have their mother.
“Miss Elizabeth, I can’t see my mommy, but she’s not dead,” said Elizabeth Stansbury, quoting Sneiderman’s son as the defendant quietly sobbed. “They do not need to lose another parent.”
Friend Andy Lipman said Saturday is the eighth birthday of Sneiderman’s daughter.
“Please give (her) a birthday gift unlike no other,” he said.
Sneiderman showed little emotion as she was led out in handcuffs
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