A wealthy New York socialite was sentenced to 18 years in prison on
Thursday after being convicted of killing her young autistic son at a
luxury Manhattan hotel room in 2010.
Gigi
Jordan, 54, was convicted of first-degree manslaughter in November
after admitting that she administered an overdose of prescription pills
to 8-year-old Jude Mirra at the posh Peninsula Hotel on Fifth Avenue,
using a crusher and syringe.
Jordan's attorneys
argued throughout the two-month trial that she had killed the boy in an
act of mercy to prevent the boy's biological father from sexually
abusing him, a scenario that prosecutors said was based on fiction.
Judge
Charles Solomon of the state Supreme Court in Manhattan handed down a
sentence that was close to the maximum of 25 years in prison under New
York guidelines, saying he was mystified by the mother's lack of
remorse.
"It's very difficult for me to
understand the defendant," Solomon said. "I certainly would think that I
would hear something from the defendant expressing remorse about what
she did - something."
In a 30-minute statement
read to the court, Jordan appealed for leniency and again said she had
been acting in her son's best interests.
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Prosecutors argued that Jordan carefully planned the death of her son
after traveling the country to find a cure for his autism. They said
that Jordan killed her son because she could not accept that he was
disabled and she could not fix his medical condition.
Gigi Jordan Sentenced To 18 Years For Poisoning Son Who Had Autism
Gigi Jordan is my Friend . I will stand by her without judgements. I only wish to console her in her time of need.
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