A man who was high on drugs when he struck and killed a Connecticut state trooper on a highway last year was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in prison, punishment not considered long enough by the trooper's widow.

Virginia Giuffre’s final weeks were rife with grief and sadness, with her family providing more insight into her life in a series of recent interviews. Before she died by suicide on Thursday, April 24, Giuffre appeared to be in a custody battle with her estranged husband. The two shared three children aged 19, 16, and

The widow of Connecticut State Trooper Aaron Pelletier opposes the agreed recommendation of an 18-year prison term for the impaired driver who killed him.