Alabama prisoner Casey White receives life sentence for jail escape with help from official.

Casey White, an Alabama prisoner who escaped with the help of a corrections officer, received a life sentence for the escape. The officer, Vicky White, took her own life as police closed in following a manhunt across three states. Casey White apologized for the escape and pleaded guilty to escape in exchange for prosecutors dropping a felony murder charge involving Vicky White’s death. He still faces an Aug. 14 capital murder trial for the 2015 slaying of Connie Ridgeway in Rogersville, Alabama.