Woman released from life sentence A woman sentenced to life in prison for getting caught with $40 worth of cocaine is now enjoying her freedom. By Corey Rangel KSNT-TV May 18 A woman sentenced to life in prison for getting caught with $40 worth of cocaine is now enjoying her freedom. Gloria VanWinkle had been in prison for 12 years before a Geary County judge ordered she be released for time already served. Last month, the secretary of corrections had reviewed her case and recommended her sentenced be shortened. The judge agreed and freed her. Since then she's already...