<p>On the word of a child who later changed her mind, Aleck Carpitcher might do life in prison.</p>
<p>In 1999, at age 43, he was sentenced to 38 years without parole. A Roanoke County judge spared Carpitcher the full 73 years the jury wanted him to serve for sexually abusing the 11-year-old daughter of his girlfriend.</p>