Heather Mack, an American woman who pleaded guilty to helping kill her mother during a Bali holiday, was sentenced to 26 years in prison, with her lawyer predicting a 20-year prison sentence with good behavior credits.Mack, who was deported in 2021, was given credit for over two years in custody in Chicago after completing a jail term in Indonesia.Heather Mack, who was convicted of causing harm to her mother, has expressed her love and love for her. The sentencing hearing began with testimony from Bill Wiese, who requested the maximum sentence possible, citing Mack’s never showing remorse and her courtroom apology as the first time she expressed her apology.Mack, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill her mother, was sentenced to seven years in prison for her 2015 conviction of being an accessory to the murder of Wiese-Mack. She was ordered to pay $400,000 in restitution and a $76,000 fine. Prosecutors claim Mack and Schaefer had planned the killing for months.Mack, who was deported in 2021, was arrested at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport with her six-year-old daughter. The girl’s guardian revealed the difficult truth about her parents, and Mack expressed her desire to be the best mother and understand her mother better. Mack’s lawyers sought a 15-year prison term, with credit for her seven years in Indonesian prison. Schaefer is serving an 18-year sentence in Indonesia.
