HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County judge has twice rejected requests for a reduced sentence from an Altoona man convicted in June of firearm violations that developed during a drunken fistfight.

It wasn’t until October 2022 that Wise filed a post-conviction petition, in which he asked the judge to reduce his minimum sentence by 18 months. He explained that when he entered his guilty ...

ATLANTA — A Georgia bill that would reduce ... if a judge determines that family violence, dating violence or child abuse contributed to a crime with a minimum sentence of life in prison ...