VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. — Linda Stermer, a Van Buren County woman convicted in April of murdering her husband back in 2007, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, a judge ruled Monday.
Stermer also received credit for 3,367 days already served.
“I came to this court filled with hope, hope that the questions which had been unanswered for so long would finally be answered, that this would finally be proven to all that the tragedy that took Todd from our lives was an accident and not a crime,” Stermer read in her letter to the court. “While I stand before you, innocent and wrongfully convicted, I’m prepared for the battle ahead.”…