Well, I didn't personally soften too much...she was in a position where she had every reason to show remorse whether it was heart felt or not...my guess is, based on her action before trial (when Mr. Biggs was in her garage particularly), that her remorse was all about her and how bad she knew she was going to be punished.
But I can see that display impacting jurors, and I believe it did.
Sounds like it reduced her mandatory time down from 40 years to 25 perhaps.
I think she should have gotten more time. She left the guy to die in her garage and then dumped his body. That's a pretty sick thing to do.
While she's no David Westerfield, her behavior is just as macabre.
I agree her remorse came with arrest and the dawning of the really big trouble she was in.Depraved indifference and criminally negligent selfishishness come to mind.