> she had time to fully contemplate and become aware of the awfulness of what she did

She's certainly had time to, yes. But has she? I think one's attitudes towards one's actions does make a difference. And I don't feel that all punishments should be finite. Some acts are life-changing. I might feel differently if there was evidence of any genuine sorrow for what she did (as opposed to sorrow for the trouble it got her into) but I can't see anything remotely convincing.

I think it is not unfair to make her fully bear the consequences of her actions. It's not as though she's being kept in in-humane circumstances. Presumably no one is stopping her husband from being by her bedside.

"Acknowledges what she did was wrong"? Or says what people want her to say in order to get something?