MA - Annamarie Cochrane-Rintala, 37, Allegedly Killed by Wife on 3/28/2010 - 4th Trial

[RickshawFan]

Deliberations have been going for 12.5 hours in the #CaraRintala trial. The original 12 jurors deliberated 16.5 hours before 2 jurors were dismissed for personal reasons. 2 alternates were placed on the jury and the new 12 have been deliberating 12.5 hours. This is Rintala's FOURTH trial. 2 hung juries, 1 conviction that was overturned and new trial ordered.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1709645586352521569

I don't understand how these juries are getting hung. It's so obvious who committed this crime.

 

[arielilane]

I don't understand how these juries are getting hung. It's so obvious who committed this crime.

I've not followed this case; however, read a little about it, and it's a no brainer. Wonder if the jurors are hung on time of death? Perhaps there will be a guilty verdict today. imo

 

[arielilane]

CORRECTION: Verdict clock stopped at 16 hours 23 mins. #CaraRintala

https://twitter.com/x/status/1709963971392946201

 

[arielilane]

BREAKING: Jury finds #CaraRintala GUILTY of the lesser charge of VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER in the death of her wife Annamarie Cochrane-Rintala. This was the 4th trial. 2 hung juries, 1 conviction, 1 overturn and new trial.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1709966073993568757

 

[arielilane]

Judge revoked #CaraRintala's bail and she was taken into custody. State plans to ask for more than the max of 20 years. Defense will ask for time served. Sentencing set for Oct. 19, 2pm ET.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1709967346612531682

Her last conviction was for first-degree murder and she was sentenced to LWOP. That was overturned. Now she's been convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter. That sentenced is up to a max of 20 years.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1709966707564200083

 

[MKZoo]

She will receive credit for the seven years she’s already served.

 

[RickshawFan]

It bums me out that Rintala has had her child all this time, when custody of the child was a key item in the murderous impulse.The kid should have been given a chance out of this toxic relationship and all that followed. This case has been dragging on for years. The kid had to endure all the toxic arguments over her before the murder, her mom's murder, 7 years of mom's imprisonment, and 4 trials for murder of her mom. She deserved to be with a loving family, not one born out of murder.

 

[arielilane]

@2:00 pm ET

Cara Rintala to be sentenced for voluntary manslaughter of wife

https://twitter.com/x/status/1714944825189962131

Cara Rintala to be sentenced for voluntary manslaughter of wife

Updated: Oct 19, 2023 / 08:34 AM EDT

Voluntary manslaughter carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. In addition, Rintala has already served more than seven years in confinement. 22News will be in court Thursday to find out what Rintala’s sentencing will be.

 

[arielilane]

Judge sentences Cara Rintala 12 to 14 years for killing of wife in 2010
https://t.co/jTjpJ3FZR1
https://twitter.com/masslivenews


A Hampshire County judge on Thursday sentenced Cara Rintala, a former Granby woman found guilty of killing her wife, to a prison sentence of 12 to 14 years.

More of the article at link:

Judge sentences Cara Rintala 12 to 14 years for killing of wife in 2010

Oct. 19, 2023, 4:28 p.m.

 

[arielilane]

Sentencing video is less than 10 mins.

Body in the Basement Murder Trial: Watch the Sentencing

Judge Francis Flannery handed down a sentence to Cara Rintala, who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of her wife.

www.courttv.com

BODY IN THE BASEMENT MURDER TRIAL: WATCH THE SENTENCING​

Judge Francis Flannery handed down a sentence to Cara Rintala, who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of her wife. (10/20/23)

 

[RickshawFan]

Not nearly enough time for this crime. She tampered with evidence by pouring paint all over the body. Pretended to be out shopping to create an alibi. Had a history of DV.

 

[arielilane]

"I need my mom!" #BodyintheBasementTrial | The daughter of convicted killer #CaraRintala begs for her mom to be released during an impact statement. The judge ended up sentencing Rintala to 12-14 years for killing her wife.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1716145894066729171

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The news of Ann Cochrane Rintala’s death reverberated among her friends and family for days. A young mother, her daughter still a toddler, was dead on the basement floor.

DENNIS MURPHY: How did you find out something awful had happened?

MARY PETRONE: I was at my desk at work. And my wife at the time called me and said, “Sit down.”

TJ DONAHUE: I heard there was an accident. That’s what I heard.

It looked as though Ann fell down those stairs. So what happened down there?

Was it an accident? Or something more sinister?

JAMIE MAGARIAN: I, I seriously —

DENNIS MURPHY: You couldn’t —

JAMIE MAGARIAN: Don’t know.

DENNIS MURPHY: Rule that out at that point.

JAMIE MAGARIAN: You can’t — you can’t rule anything out.

Northampton case of Annamarie Cochrane Rintala’s death airs on Dateline “Down the Basement Stairs”

Watch “Dateline: Down the Basement Stairs,” Friday on 22News at 10 p.m.

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