Bass Ackwards

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee man convicted in the death of his teacher wife's student lover has been sentenced to four years, but will spend almost all of it on probation.

Eric McLean had faced a possible life sentence when he was tried for murder in September for the 2007 shooting death of 18 year-old Sean Powell, the lover of his now former wife, Erin McLean.

But a Knox County jury convicted him of the lesser charge of reckless homicide.

On Friday, Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz gave him the maximum sentence on his conviction, but sent him to jail for only 47 days. The rest of the sentence will be on probation.

McLean had also spent 43 days in jail after his arrest, before being released on bond.

McLean admitted shooting Powell, but said it was an accident. Defense attorney Bruce Poston argued Powell grabbed a rifle McLean pointed at him to get him to leave the McLeans' house, and the gun discharged.

BUT IN OHIO

Housemother Gets 3 Years for Sex With Teen

Carolynn "Carrie" Hatcher, who is due to deliver in late January, was ordered to surrender Feb. 10 to begin serving her sentence, the Cincinnati Enquirer has reported. Hatcher, who is married, was a housemother and teacher at the Mid-Western Children's Home, where the father of her child was a resident

Another teen reported the sexual activity in July and Hatcher pleaded guilty in September to three counts of sexual battery..