With a crime such as this, after a certain amount of time, leave it alone. She would’ve surfaced long ago if she were living a criminal life. It seems she self-rehabilitated, and rehabilitation is supposed to be the purpose of jail time.
Back when I was in the Navy, I interviewed a number of long-term deserters who had been brought back into custody. Some of them had turned themselves in after 20 years or more, some had been arrested for other things and identified as deserters afterwards, but all of them talked about the constant nagging fear that the next knock on the door, the next flashing light behind them, the next phone call, would see them exposed and brought back into custody.
This woman was a total idiot. She escaped rather than finish a minimum sentence that would have been completely forgotten by now. I think the hell she put herself through by going on the lam and then having to live like a church mouse for three decades is plenty of punishment for her crime.
I hope the judge screams at her, tells her she’s a stupid ditz, and sends her home.