by Oren Yaniv
A Staten Island judge gave convicted hubby killer Janet Redmond-Mercereau the max - and a blistering scolding.
"It was a cold, calculated and callous act," Supreme Court Justice Robert Collini said Thursday before imposing a sentence of 25 years to life.
Redmond-Mercereau, 40, was found guilty last month of pumping lead into Fire Marshal Douglas Mercereau, 38, while he slept on Dec. 2, 2007.
She betrayed no emotion in the courtroom, which was packed with 40 fire marshals and the victim's five surviving siblings.
"Even today, you have shown no remorse," the judge admonished her. "You don't care what you have done to your daughters, let alone your husband."
The marshal's brother James Mercereau blasted his sister-in-law for keeping her daughters away from the rest of the family after the murder.
The girls - Renee, 8, and Melanie, 6 - have since been turned over to their uncle and aunt in New Jersey.
"They know why you're absent from their lives, Janet," James Mercereau said.
Redmond-Mercereau claimed she was sleeping with her daughters, wearing earplugs, when an intruder killed her husband. Prosecutors said she's the one who put four bullets in her husband's head, ending a tumultuous marriage marked by bickering about her weight.
Redmond-Mercereau's lawyer, Mario Galucci, vowed to appeal.
Outside court, Bill Kregler, president of the marshals union, applauded the sentence. "There's no satisfaction. There's no pleasure," he said. "There's only justice served."
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