Amy Fisher Trial: 1992

When her turn to speak came, Fisher nervously apologized, but continued to insist that Joey Buttafuoco had encouraged her.

Judge Goodman was unmoved. "You are a disgrace to yourself, your family, and your friends," he told Fisher as he imposed the maximum sentence of 5-to-15 years imprisonment. "You were like a walking stick of dynamite with the fuse lit."

The Buttafuocos happily declared they were satisfied with the verdict and used the occasion to once again brand Fisher a liar. Major television networks soon aired the made-for-TV movies whose broadcast rights had floated Fisher's bond and paid the Buttafuocos's medical and legal bills. Local interest in the crime had faded. Ratings for the movies, however, demonstrated that viewers around the nation still had not tired of watching the cheap plot play out.