Associated Press - August 9, 2010 6:14 AM ET
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) - A Corinth man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2008 death of his wife.
Matthew Wayne Rickman Sr. was set to go to trial on Monday but instead entered a guilty plea in Alcorn County Circuit Court Friday before Judge Paul Funderburk. Rickman had initially been charged with murder in the shooting death of 47-year-old Loris Rickman.
The Daily Corinthian reports Matthew Wayne Rickman Sr. received the maximum 20-year sentence on the manslaughter charge. He also received the maximum 3-year sentence on a previous charge of credit card fraud and a 20-year sentence with five years suspended stemming from an assault on another inmate that occurred while Rickman was awaiting trial.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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