Zanesville driver who left scene after striking a pedestrian gets 5-year sentence

Alexander Jocko entered a guilty plea for failing to stop after an accident with knowledge of death, a second-degree felony, on Aug. 20.
The Roanoke Times

Ex-Va. Tech, Radford U. instructor gets reduced sentence in carnal knowledge case

RADFORD — A former Virginia Tech and Radford ROTC instructor will serve significantly less time in jail after a judge reduced his sentence on Friday. Arthur William Jones, 45, was originally sentenced ...
The Times Leader

Death Sentence Rides Partly On Fetus Age Lisa Hargrave’s Death May Be Capital Case If She Was In Third Trimester. Suspect’s Knowledge Of Pregnancy Is A Factor.

the death penalty, but none appear to fit the facts of the Hargrave case.
NPR

Merriam-Webster says you can end a sentence with a preposition. The internet goes off

An authority on the English language has set us free from the tethers of what many have long regarded as a grammatical no-no. Or has it? The answer depends on how you side with a declaration from ...

‘Embezzlement case: ‘She was Pretty’ fame Hwang Jung Eum files no appeal, sentenced for 2 years in jail

Actress Hwang Jung Eum sentenced to 2 years in jail for embezzling funds. Read more about the case and verdict here!
WLTX19

Here's how criminal sentence reductions work in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The legal justice system here in South Carolina and across the United States exists to lock up criminals and release them after they're done serving their sentence. But there are ...