Ex-officer released, still appealing manslaughter conviction

DILLWYN, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia police officer has been released from prison after serving more than two years for fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager.
Virginia Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lisa Kinney said Stephen Rankin was released Monday from the Dillwyn Correctional Center.
But Rankin’s journey through the legal system isn’t over. Virginia’s Supreme Court agreed in late October to hear Rankin’s appeal of his voluntary manslaughter convicti