SOMERVILLE — A Union County woman sentenced in May for the vehicular homicide of a Clinton Township man was released on bail after just three months into her seven year sentence, pending her appeal.

Amie Marroccelli, 41, of Union Township, Union County, sentenced in May to seven years in state prison for causing the 2010 drunk driving death of 22-year-old Steven Wall of Clinton Township, was released from Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Union Township, Hunterdon County after 103 days on $50,000 bail pending her appeal, according to her defense attorney John McDonald.

Marroccelli's sentencing on May 23 by Superior Court Judge Robert B. Reed on her March 17 conviction called for seven years in prison, plus the loss of her driving privileges for five years after her release.

Under the state's No Early Release Program, Marroccelli is required to serve 85 percent of her sentence, or 5 years, 11 months and 11 days before parole eligibility, followed by three years of parole supervision.

She entered Edna Mahan Correctional Facility on May 23 and was released on Sept. 3, according to the NJ Department of Corrections website.

Marroccelli told State Police at the crash scene and several other people afterward that she was driving, but during her trial Marroccelli said she lied about being the driver to protect her husband, Jason Bradbury, whom she said was actually behind the wheel.

During sentencing, Reed called Marroccellia a liar whose "cruel and wicked scheme to avoid the consequences of her conduct" made her "disingenuous and despicable."



At sentencing, Janet Anderson, Wall's maternal grandmother, said the most painful thing in the world is burying a child or grandchild.

"A drunk driver took our grandson's life at the age of 22," Anderson said. "(Marroccelli) not only took the life of Steven but all of our family members. None of us will ever be whole again."

Karen Wall, Steven Wall's mother, said she couldn't describe the magnitude of pain she feels.

"I'm not the person I was before Steven was killed," Karen Wall said. "A piece of me was stolen and ripped away."

Reed said the court has to deal with choices made by good people and bad people with terrible consequences.

"She drank, then got into her car and turned it into a bullet in search of a victim," Reed said. "Steven Wall became that victim."

After the verdict was reached, a civil lawsuit was filed against Marroccelli and Bradbury by Wall's parents, Karen and Brendan Wall, by attorney Victor Rotolo. Rotolo did not immediately return email requests for comment.

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