On March 8, a Knox County jury spared Robin Howington, 41, from a murder conviction in the death of her child, who was shot to death at close range as she lay on the couch of her home watching Netflix. Howington was convicted of reckless homicide and aggravated child neglect rather than the more serious offense of felony murder. The aggravated child neglect charge carried the heaviest prison sentence. On Friday, Judge Scott Green sentenced Howington to serve a total of 22 years in prison. She could have faced more than 30 years in prison for her other charges, but Green ordered her individual sentences to be served concurrently rather than consecutively. She will have to serve at least 85% of her sentence before she will be eligible for parole. More details: https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/fountain-city-mother-sentencing/51-1dca657b-4998-45d4-a2d1-48dc1593828f