Men Sentenced In Sex Assault Of 11-Year-Old Texas Girl
LIBERTY, Texas -- Four men who pleaded guilty in the repeated sexual assault of an 11-year-old Texas girl were each sentenced on Friday to 15 years in prison, terms they agreed to in deals with prosecutors.
Their sentencing hearings came after another man charged in the 2010 case chose to go to trial and was convicted and sentenced last month to 99 years in prison. Legal experts said his harsh punishment probably prompted the four sentenced on Friday to plead guilty and will likely mean the seven defendants with cases still pending will seek their own plea deals.
Sentenced on Friday were: Timothy Ellis, 20; his cousin, Rayford Ellis Jr., 21; Kelvin King, 23; and Jared McPherson, 20. All had pleaded guilty earlier this month to aggravated sexual assault of a child, and each must register as a sex offender once released from prison.
Rayford Ellis also pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a 2008 case, while King pleaded guilty to another aggravated sexual assault charge in a 2009 case involving an attack on a different girl. Each received 15 years for those charges and will serve those sentences at the same time as the ones for assaulting the 11-year-old.
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Only 15 years? What kind of damned punishment is that?
Don't many drunken drivers and manslaughterers receive harsher sentences?
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