Previously, Addimando had been denied such sentencing by Dutchess County Judge Edward McLoughlin, who presided over the three-week murder trial and sentencing hearing. She was sentenced in February 2020 to 19 years to life, which she is serving in Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.
Addimando was convicted of second-degree murder in April 2019. She never denied the September 2017 shooting, but claimed she did so after years of physical and emotional abuse. Prosecutors long argued that while she may have been a victim, there was no evidence directly proving Grover was the culprit of the abuse.
In its decision, which the court noted was the first time the appeals board dealt with the two-year-old law, the court said the act was passed in recognition that less harsh sentences may be imposed in certain appropriate cases involving domestic violence survivors. We are persuaded that the instant case is such an appropriate case.
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