Appeals court tosses 50-year sentence for man who killed wife
GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has thrown out a 50-year prison sentence for a former Cub Scout leader and teacher who was convicted of killing his wife.
Andrew Farley Jr. of Grand Blanc Township was convicted of second-degree murder. But the appeals court said a Genesee County judge sentenced him as if he had been convicted of premeditated first-degree murder.
The appeals court last week applied a 2019 Michigan Supreme Court decision and sent the case back to Flint.
Farley's guidelines had called for a minimum prison sentence between 13 years and 22 years.
Investigators said Farley in 2014 struck Tiffany Caine-Smith Farley with a flashlight and stabbed her six times.
Farley claimed his wife told him that he “disgusted her” and that he was “not a man."
"I did not intend to kill my wife," Farley said in 2015. “I hurt because of this.”
Groups launch $10M legal aid plan for immigrants, inmates
CHICAGO (AP) — Two nonprofit organizations in Chicago have launched a state-funded legal aid program designed to help thousands of immigrants, former inmates and low-income people across Illinois.
The program is called Access to Justice, which will be funded with $10 million in state money. Roughly 60 organizations across Illinois are expected to benefit.
An estimated 4,600 people will get full legal representation through the program, according to Erendira Rendon, a vice president of The Resurrection Project, one of two groups administering the program.
She anticipated the funds will pay for about 10,500 legal screenings as well. Her group will offer help to people impacted by immigration policies, including those facing deportation or who need visa help.
“We’re trying to make sure more families are protected and able to stay in Illinois,” she said.
Program organizers also planned to focus on people who have been incarcerated.
One goal of the program is to help former inmates stay in the workforce, according to Tanya Woods, executive director of the Westside Justice Center, the other group that’ll run the program.
Mathematicians, geeks celebrate rare palindrome day
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Mathematicians and geeks everywhere celebrated a rare occurrence Sunday, 02/02/2020, a kind of 8-digit palindrome that hasn’t happened for more than 900 years.
A palindrome is any sequence, phrase or word that reads the same backward as forward. And 02/02/2020 is considered a “universal palindrome” because it reads the same whether written as “Month/Day/Year” as the United States does, or “Day/Month/Year” as many other countries do.
The last universal palindrome occurred on 11/11/1111. The next one won’t come until 12/12/2121.
“It’s possible to live your entire life without ever having gone through a universal palindrome, so it’s pretty cool to have one in your lifetime,” said Heather Pierce, a mathematics lecturer at Emmanuel College in Boston.
“Are you guys pumped? The big day is finally here!!” tweeted musical comedian “Weird Al” Yankovic.
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