If so, that was a bad strategy.
Most judges have heard a million sob stories - they don't often hear the defendant admit that it was all her own fault.
Regardless, I don't see any legal reason why she should get out of serving the remainder of her sentence - I'm not sure what her lawyer can do except try to appeal the original conviction and ask that she be released on her own recognizance while the appeal is pending.
That's probably a tall order.
She’s not going to have the same judge this time. I can only imagine that the new judge is gonna look at this old case and say, “What the hell am I supposed to do with this crap?”