Quantcast
breaking news

State Supreme Court Takes Away Sentence Of Admitted Rapist

By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The state Supreme Court is wiping out the jail sentence of a convicted rapist. Thursday, the court ruled that Michael Shane Jolly was not given a speedy sentencing. Jolly, who is now 27, pleaded guilty in Saline County Circuit Court in October of 1997 to having consensual sex with a twelve-year-old girl. But the court and former Saline County Prosecutor Barbara Webb lost track of the case before Jolly could be sentenced and he went about his life in Saline County for six years. The state noticed the case was still open when Robert Herzfeld replaced Webb as prosecutor in January of last year. Circuit Court Judge Grisham Phillips finally sentenced Jolly last August to 12 years in prison with 12 years suspended.

Comments

Readers Feel...

hello
Related Content

From over one thousand institutions across the nation College of the Ouachitas sits at the top....

The task force is something the US Attorney's office has been working to set up with the FBI, Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, and the Little Rock Police Department just in the last few months....

A former Little Rock police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of a teen appeared in court ahead of his June 18 trial date, where his attorney said he intended to claim self-defense....

The main sports anchor for the Razorback Nation grew up in Moore, Oklahoma, where a tornado destroyed homes and schools, and killed dozens of people Monday....

City engineers plan to change parts of Main Street from a four lane to a three lane with additional bicycle lanes....

Arkansan Josiah Hawley performed Monday night as part of the final 10 performers on NBC's "The Voice."...

Springdale police say debris from Monday's storms caused a fatal car crash....

Live aerial video showed cars flipped over and crushed, several homes blown out and in splinters and rescue crews as well as residents scouring through wreckage....

Oklahoma Highway Patrol is urging people to not try to go to Moore, Oklahoma....

Many of the high school seniors signed on to attend prestigious universities like Harvard and Columbia at the ceremony....

 
 
 
 
 
©1998 - 2013 Arkansasmatters.com
Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
All Rights Reserved