The Latest: Jury recommends 2 ½ years for convicted officer
A jury has recommended 2 1/2 years in prison for a white former police officer convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed black man.
A jury convicted a white former police officer of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed black teen accused of shoplifting at a Wal-Mart.
The jury did not convict on the first-degree murder charge prosecutors sought in the case of Portsmouth Officer Stephen Rankin, who was fired as he awaited trial.