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ALBANY -- Judgment day. The Saratoga County woman convicted of harboring an illegal immigrant inside her Rexford mansion will not go to prison. She was originally accused of keeping the woman against her will as a slave.The Llenroc Mansion is a landmark for good reason. It has fountains, imported stone and an indoor pool. It is where Annie George returns for now.A house of that size there's lots of plumbing, lots of electrical, to maintain a place like that, you have to have deep pockets, said George's attorney Mark Sacco. As you know from the trial there's no money to maintain it.The defense claimed George not only inherited caring for Valsamma Mathai, an illegal alien, but that George also took her late husband's debt from the hotels he owned.They owe over $82,000 for the Llenroc Mansion. The home was listed at one point for $12 million online. It's supposedly worth $2 million. George would be under detention in that house for now, but the government wants to seize it. The appeal will effectively stay the forfeiture proceeding, Sacco said. The appeals court, if they reverse the case, there is no forfeiture and no conviction so we have to wait and see what the appeals court does. It is the family home.When the government seizes a property, it does hold auctions to sell them. But during the trial, the defense said a big house has big problems.No one would likely buy the house under these circumstances, Sacco said.Judge Gary Sharpe said at one point, George would not face any fines if she loses the house.There are all kinds of cases a District Court Judge hears that span the scope of federal law, Sharpe said. This is not the crime of the century.The judge's sentence went past what prosecutors asked for -- five years probation, eight months house arrest, and giving up the mansion.