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Kentucky man sentenced to life in prison for raping 2 under-12s


Condenan a cadena perpetua a un hombre de Kentucky por violar a 2 menores de 12 años

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A man from Northern Kentucky received a sentence from life imprisonment for the rape of two children under the age of 12 years, authorities reported.

A judge followed the jury’s recommendation when sentencing Monday for Joshua Turner, of Park Hills, i reported WKRC. Jurors had sentenced Turner, of serious, including rape of children, sodomy with children and abuse sexual intercourse of minors .

A child rapist was sentenced to life in prison in Kenton County.

“It was the right thing to do,” said the Commonwealth’s Attorney. “Joshua Turner gave those children a life sentence and now he gets one too!” https://t.co/QtRsYCfEhJ

– Local 12 / WKRC-TV (@Local 12) September 31 , 2021

Joshua Turner was convicted of “horrible” charges of rape minors and will spend the rest of his life in prison, said Rob Sanders, Kenton County Commonwealth attorney.

Sanders had asked the judge to respect the jury’s recommendation to apply 8 penalties of life imprisonment for Turner for his crimes .

The lawyer who defended Turner wanted the judge to reduce the sentence recommended by the jury to 40 years in prison.

Judge K athleen Lape did not agree to the defense’s request, noting that Turner destroyed the innocence of two young children and damaged the lives of many more people s who had to deal with the consequences of their crimes.

“It was the right thing to do” Sanders said of the life sentence. “Joshua Turner gave those kids a life sentence and now he’s getting it too!”

Sanders said Turner’s victims are now in therapy and that their office would work to make sure they have access to all available resources to help them cope with their trauma.

Police arrested Turner, of Park Hills, in September 2020, after authorities said that filmed himself having sex with two under the age of 12 years.

The girlfriend of Turner suspected that he had been cheating on her, and upon searching Turner’s belongings discovered child pornography . She handed him over to the authorities.

Police compared the abuser’s tattoos in the videos to Turner’s tattoos. His apartment was in the background of those videos and photos. The police recovered the clothes that he and the girls seen in the videos were wearing.

“Seeing a child being sexually abused in a video recording is as disturbing as seeing someone being killed in a video recording,” Sanders said. last year.