Friday, March 8, 2013
Amalia Mirasola was found guilty of shooting her husband inside their Butler home in 2010.
A Butler woman was sentenced to 40 years in state prison Friday after being convicted of murdering her husband inside their home in 2010. Amalia Mirasola, 47, was found guilty of murder and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose on Jan. 31. She was charged with shooting her husband, Carl Mirasola, who was 43 at the time of his death. In addition to the prison sentence, the Hon. Robert Gilson, J.S.C. required that Mirasola serve 85 percent of her sentence under the state's No Early Release Act before she becomes eligible for parole, according to a press announcement of the sentencing by Acting Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp. She will also have five years of parole supervision. “The sentence was an appropriate exercise of the…
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Locals take stand to testify against Amalia Mirasola in continuing murder trial.
The instructor of a Kinnelon-based karate school described Carl Mirasola, a 43-year-old man who was shot dead in his Butler home in 2010, as a kind and considerate man when he took the stand in the murder trial of Mirasola's wife, Amalia Mirasola. Amalia Mirasola, 47, is accused of shooting her husband, Carl Mirasola, six times inside their Roosevelt Avenue home on May 22, 2010. Attorneys presented closing arguments in her trial Tuesday, according to nj.com. Traditional Okinawan Karate of Kinnelon instructor Christopher Miller testified Monday that he had taught Carl Mirasola and the couple's kids karate, according to nj.com, and that Carl Mirasola tried not to hurt his opponents, particularly women, when he faced them. But Amalia Mirasola…
Monday, January 28, 2013
Jury spent full day deliberating, re-examining testimony.
A state Superior Court jury tasked with reaching a verdict in the murder trial of Butler woman Amalia Mirasola did not come to a decision after a full day of deliberations Wednesday. The jury spent the time listening to recorded witness testimony again, according to nj.com. Amalia Mirasola, 47, is accused of shooting her husband, Carl Mirasola, six times inside their Roosevelt Avenue home on May 22, 2010. When she took the witness stand last week, Mirasola said she shot her husband in self-defense and that he had threatened to take her children away from her. During the trial, jurors learned that Carl Mirasola was seeing a girlfriend and that the Mirasolas' kids were familiar with her. One of their daughters, Vanessa, also took the …
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Amalia Mirasola took witness stand to testify in murder trial Thursday.
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Thursday, January 24
As the murder trial of Amalia Mirasola continues in Morristown this week, the woman accused of shooting her husband to death in 2010 said she responded after Carl Mirasola first said he was going to kill her. Amalia Mirasola, 47, is accused of shooting her husband, Carl Mirasola, six times inside their Roosevelt Avenue home on May 22, 2010. Carl Mirasola was 43 when he died. Amalia Mirasola became emotional when her attorney asked her when the last time she saw her kids was, according to nj.com, the answer being that she had not seen them since the day her husband was killed. On Wednesday, her 16-year-old daughter, Vanessa, testified that she felt, at times, like she did not even have a mother in the months leading up to the shooting death…
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Amalia Mirasola told police her husband threatened to take her kids away before she allegedly shot him to death.
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Thursday, January 17
Butler police Det. Collen Pascale took the stand in the shooting murder trial of Amalia Mirasola this week, telling jurors Mirasola said her husband threatened that she would never see her kids again before she allegedly shot him to death, according to the Daily Record. Mirasola, 47, is accused of shooting her husband, Carl Mirasola, six times inside their Roosevelt Avenue home on May 22, 2010. Carl Mirasola was 43 when he died. Amalia Mirasola's trial began this week with her attorney, Kalman Geist, claiming his client shot her husband in self-defense during opening statements. Geist has said that Carl Mirasola was taking disability checks (Amalia Mirasola suffers from multiple sclerosis) from his wife and seeing a mistress. Two of the …
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Trial of woman who allegedly shot Carl Mirasola inside their Butler home began in Morristown Tuesday.
The attorney representing Amalia Mirasola in her trial for the shooting death of her husband in their Butler home in 2010 said Mirasola shot Carl Mirasola in self defense, according to nj.com. Amalia Mirasola, 47, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, called Butler police on May 22, 2010 and said "I think I shot my husband." Two of the couple's daughters were home at the time, and nj.com reported that at least one of the daughters may take the witness stand in the trial, which is expected to continue on Wednesday. Carl Mirasola was 43 when he was shot six times. Read the full story from nj.com here. Amalia Mirasola was indicted on murder charges by a grand jury in March 2011. Tuesday was not the first time self-defense was brought up in …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Pre-trial hearings of Butler woman accused of shooting husband to death continue.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
When Amalia Mirasola allegedly shot her husband to death inside their Butler home, she felt threatened, her attorney told a Superior Court judge in Morristown this week. According to the Star-Ledger, Mirasola's attorney, Kalman Geist, told the judge and other attorneys that her husband, Carl Mirasola, had been taking money from her disability checks and seeing a girlfriend before she allegedly shot him six times on May 22, 2010. At the time, Geist said she was "protecting herself." Amalia Mirasola, 47, suffers from multiple sclerosis and is wheelchair bound. Carl Mirasola was 43 when he died. The couple's children were asleep in the home at the time of the shooting. Amalia Mirasola called Butler police and allegedly told them "I think I …
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Butler woman will stand trial for allegedly shooting husband to death in 2010.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
As Amalia Mirasola, the woman accused of shooting her husband to death inside their Butler home in 2010, prepares to stand trial next month, her sister, Edna Gonzalez, may be called as a witness in the trial. According to the Daily Record, Morris County Assistant Prosecutor Matthew Troiano has said he may call Gonzalez to the stand because she knew details of the marriage between 47-year-old Mirasola and her husband, Carl Mirasola. Mirasola was arrested on May 22, 2010 after Butler police responded to a call of her allegedly saying she shot her husband. Read the full story from the Daily Record here. Mirasola, who suffers from multiple sclerosis and is wheelchair-bound, at one point petitioned to move to Florida, where her sister is from. …
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Amalia Mirasola is charged with shooting her husband to death in 2010.
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
The pretrial hearings of the woman accused of shooting her husband six times inside their Butler home in 2010, killing him, began this week, with phone calls in which she allegedly admitted to the killing played in court Wednesday, according to NJ.com. Amalia Mirasola was arrested and charged with the murder of her husband, Carl Mirasola, 43 on May 22, 2010. Mirasola, a 47-year-old who suffers from multiple sclerosis and is wheelchair-bound, allegedly told Butler police"I think I shot my husband" when they arrived on the scene. Amalia Mirasola was indicted by a grand jury in March of 2011. NJ.com reported Wednesday that the first pretrial hearing included the audio evidence in court. But Kalman Geist, Mirasola's attorney, claimed the …
Monday, September 10, 2012
Amalia Mirasola allegedly shot her husband six times while he was sleeping in 2010.
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Monday, September 10, 2012
A Butler woman accused of shooting her husband six times, killing him while he slept, in 2010 is scheduled for trial in December, according to NJ.com. Forty-seven-year-old Amalia Mirasola, who suffers from multiple sclerosis and is wheelchair-bound, allegedly told Butler police, "I think I shot my husband," when they arrived on the scene on May 22, 2010 and found Carl Mirasola, 43, dead. But that statement, and others, should not be allowed as evidence in court, according to defense attorney Kalman Geist, because they were made before Mirasola was read her rights, as reported by NJ.com. Amalia Mirasola was indicted by a grand jury in March of 2011. A hearing to discuss dismissing the statements has been scheduled for Oct. 24 and Mirasola …
Judy L
6:48 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
I have to agree with you on that one and she did retain a lawyer to get divorced. more ›