SRL for [sentence]: Sears was serving a 30 - year [sentence] for the self - confessed 1992 killing of his wife in Clinton , Maryland , but after a relentless campaign that included a letter from his psychiatrist saying Sears was unlikely to commit such violence again , the judge in this case , got him released .
ARG-4: 30 - year | ARG-3: for the self - confessed 1992 killing of his wife in Clinton , Maryland