Day Care Worker Convicted Of Abuse Denied Sentence Reduction

CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia judge has denied a sentence reduction request by a day care worker convicted in the death of a child.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports Carrie Persichini’s request to reduce her 11-year sentence was denied Wednesday. Judge David E. Johnson said state law bars a trial judge from sentence reconsideration once a defendant is transferred to a state correctional facility to start the sentence.
The motion for 54-year-old Persichini was also