Woman Sentenced for Posting Hit Man Ad on Craigslist
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A Michigan woman who advertised online seeking a hit man to kill her lover's wife has been sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison.
Ann Marie Linscott was sentenced Wednesday in a federal court in Grand Rapids, near her suburban Rockford home. She pleaded guilty in April to three counts of a charge related to interstate commerce.
Prosecutors say the 48-year-old advertised a freelance job in November 2007 on the popular Web site Craigslist, providing no details. She used e-mail to ask three respondents to kill the Oroville, Calif., woman and offered $5,000 to two of them.
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Court documents say the intended victim's husband met Linscott through an online college course.
Defense lawyer Matthew Santamauro tells The Grand Rapids Press Linscott is remorseful.