Leniency an Option in Wife's Ohio Hospital Killing An Ohio judge says she will consider a lighter sentence for a man facing up to a life term for fatally shooting his ailing wife in her hospital bed. Judge Mary Margaret Rowlands in Akron told attorneys for both sides Tuesday that the sentence for 68-year-old John Wise of Massillon (MAS'-ih-luhn) must fit within legal limits. The prosecutor said earlier that the unique circumstances warranted a lesser sentence for Wise than a mandatory 20 years to life for aggravated murder. Instead Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh suggested that Wise be sentenced on the lesser included crime of manslaughter and get a six-year term. The defense welcomed the leniency offer. No sentencing date was set. The Akron Beacon Journal (bit.ly/1a0Tg6s) reports that Wise sat quietly in a wheelchair during the court session. Information from: Akron Beacon Journal, http://www.ohio.com