In Raleigh, the state Supreme Court threw out the death...

In Raleigh, the state Supreme Court threw out the death sentence of a woman who admitted hiring a killer to shoot her abusive husband, Wayne Kemmerlin.
In a rare ruling, the justices ruled that the death sentence was too harsh for Christene Knapp Kemmerlin and changed her sentence to life without parole. Kemmerlin, 34, was 1 of 6 women on death row.
The confessed killer, William Antone Johnson, received a life sentence after being convicted of 1st-degree murder.