{"id":21923,"date":"2016-04-01T19:34:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T02:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=21923"},"modified":"2016-04-03T22:02:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T05:02:23","slug":"just-saying-jane-lauts-sweet-deal-olympian-website-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=21923","title":{"rendered":"Just Saying: Jane Laut’s Sweet Deal, The Olympian, and Website Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ventura County Superior Court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Raul Hernandez<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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It was a sweet deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Jane Laut<\/strong> who killed her husband Dave Laut,<\/strong> a 1984 Olympic bronze star medalist, would get six years in prison if she would plea guilty to voluntary manslaughter.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The deal was all but gift wrapped: Prosecutors also agreed not to tack on the use of a weapon during the commission of a felony crime. \u00a0This would mean that Laut would be eligible for parole after serving about half of the six-year sentence.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Jane Laut, however, refused the offer.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Jane Laut<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She insisted that she wanted a trial to prove that Dave Laut had physically, sexually and mentally abused her for 30 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She also claimed that Dave Laut was going to kill her, the couple’s adopt son, Michael, who was 10 years old at the time, along with the couple’s two dogs on the night the homicide took place, Aug. 27, 2009.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The trial began in January, and for nearly 12 weeks, jurors heard evidence and testimony from the defense and prosecutors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday and after nearly four days of deliberations, the jury reached a verdict. They \u00a0didn’t believe Jane Laut’s story and convicted her of first-degree murder.She is now facing 50 years to life in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Defense Attorney Ron Bamieh said in an interview Friday that he was disappointed by the jurors’ decision.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I think it’s a tragic decision,” Bamieh said Friday. “It said that the jury had no sympathy for Jane.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The juror could have also found her guilty of lesser charges of second-degree murder or voluntary manslaughter or found her not guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prosecutors described Jane Laut as a cold and calculating killer who took on the role of victimhood to get away with murder. They said Jane Laut falsely portrayed Dave Laut as a violent and racist man who was prone to bouts of violence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Senior Deputy District Attorney Rameen Minoui who tried the case told jurors that Jane Laut ambushed her husband by hiding in the side yard of their home. She walked up behind her husband,\u00a0gunned him down, hid the weapon and then lied to detectives about what happened, according to Minoui.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Afterwards, \u00a0Jane Laut told the 911 dispatcher that she heard gunfire. The police arrived, and she told detectives that a prowler shot her husband when he went to check noises they heard in the back yard. <\/span><\/p>\n

The police interrogation of Jane Laut was played, and what she was saying didn’t add up. \u00a0She later recanted her story, admitting that she pulled the trigger.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jane Laut claimed that her husband attacked her, there was a struggle, they fought for the gun and in the process, he got shot six times including a bullet to the back of the head<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Dave Laut the Monster<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The defense called several witnesses to the stand who portrayed Dave Laut as a violent and racist man who abused his wife and son.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Attorney Ron Bamieh<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n