Mass. Professor Sentenced for Attempting to Murder Her Colleague in Gruesome Attack That Lasted 4 Hours
A Mount Holyoke College art professor has been sentenced to at least a decade in prison after pleading guilty to beating and torturing a colleague for four hours with a fire poker and garden shears because the woman didn’t have the same feelings for her. Rie Hachiyanagi, 50, was sentenced Wednesday to 10 to 12 years in a Massachusetts state prison for attacking fellow professor Lauret Savoy on the night of Dec....