Pascagoula, MS: Carr convicted in wife's stabbing death

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- A 68-year-old man will be sentenced March 10 after being convicted of manslaughter in his wife's 2008 slaying.
A jury convicted Thomas Carr Friday after nearly six hours of deliberation.
Testimony revealed that 66-year-old Margie Faye Carr was stabbed 19 times, and Thomas Carr confessed to the killing in a taped police interview, according to the Mississippi Press.
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Jackson County Circuit Judge Kathy King Jackson will sentence the St. Martin man March 10.
Carr was on trial for murder, which carried a sentence of life in prison. Because he was convicted of the lesser charge, he faces a maximum 20-year prison sentence.