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brooklynite

(94,333 posts)
Mon Feb 5, 2018, 10:55 AM Feb 2018

Larry Nassar gets another 40 to 125 years in sex abuse case

Source: NBC News

Eaton County Court Judge Janice Cunningham said she didn't believe Nassar — who as recently as last month was claiming his invasive pelvic procedures were not sexual — was truly remorseful.

"I'm not convinced that you truly understand that what you did was wrong and the devastating impact you have had on the victims, their families and friends," the judge said. "You are in denial. You don't get it."

Barring appeals, the proceeding in Michigan's Eaton County Court marks the end of the criminal cases against Nassar and caps an extraordinary outpouring from more than 200 former patients who gave impact statements during nine emotional days of hearings.

"The words expressed by everyone...have impacted me to my innermost core," Nassar said, looking gaunt in an orange jail jumpsuit. "The visions of your testimonies will forever be present in my thoughts."

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/larry-nassar-gets-another-40-125-years-sex-abuse-case-n844676

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Larry Nassar gets another 40 to 125 years in sex abuse case (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2018 OP
Now... could someone shove a cactus in to DURHAM D Feb 2018 #1
Being a ex hospital worker I was curious...... mitch96 Feb 2018 #7
I do believe DownriverDem Feb 2018 #2
They have security measures for that, though... moriah Feb 2018 #3
if he is in seg... getagrip_already Feb 2018 #4
Michigan DownriverDem Feb 2018 #6
Sometimes DownriverDem Feb 2018 #5
I hope this is not something of which you approve Skittles Feb 2018 #10
Really RobinA Feb 2018 #11
And throw away the key. maveric Feb 2018 #8
Baylor, Vanderbilt, Penn State, Michigan State, etc... Blue_Tires Feb 2018 #9
Well, maybe not "another" 40-125 ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2018 #12
Personally hope he'll be in general population.... lindysalsagal Feb 2018 #13
Saw on The EPSN Crawl. . . ProfessorGAC Feb 2018 #14

mitch96

(13,870 posts)
7. Being a ex hospital worker I was curious......
Mon Feb 5, 2018, 12:30 PM
Feb 2018

What procedure could a "doctor" preform what would be seen as sexual misconduct. I looked it up and it's called "Pelvic physical therapy".. And yes it's invasive but I can see how a "Doctor" or therapist could convince a unknowing police officer or lawyer that it was necessary for "treatment"..... He knew how to push the right buttons to get out of jail for years and his time is now UP!
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moriah

(8,311 posts)
3. They have security measures for that, though...
Mon Feb 5, 2018, 11:06 AM
Feb 2018

... it often ends up taking the form of supermax style isolation.

Poor baby won't get to look at his child pornography anymore, at least. And I hope they don't let him watch sporting events at all, unless it's football or hockey.

getagrip_already

(14,618 posts)
4. if he is in seg...
Mon Feb 5, 2018, 11:14 AM
Feb 2018

he doesn't get a lot of priv's. In some prison's, it's 23.5 hours in your cell.

That is psychological hell. Either way, his life is not going to be anything approaching pleasant. That's as much an indictment of our criminal justice system as it is comforting to people who find him revolting.

They should offer him the death penalty. He would be better off.

DownriverDem

(6,226 posts)
6. Michigan
Mon Feb 5, 2018, 12:06 PM
Feb 2018

doesn't have the death penalty. Michigan became the first English-speaking territory in the world to abolish capital punishment in 1847. Treason remained a crime punishable by the death penalty in Michigan despite the 1847 abolition, but no one was ever executed under that law.

RobinA

(9,886 posts)
11. Really
Mon Feb 5, 2018, 10:51 PM
Feb 2018

It always disgusts me when so-called liberals support prison brutality. With no one on the side of civilization, where’s the hope?

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
9. Baylor, Vanderbilt, Penn State, Michigan State, etc...
Mon Feb 5, 2018, 01:58 PM
Feb 2018

How many more times will we have to hear about a university shielding serial sexual predators (all in the name of 'protecting the program') before we start to have a serious talk about college athletics?

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,321 posts)
12. Well, maybe not "another" 40-125 ...
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 10:04 AM
Feb 2018

... I think the judge said the sentences would run concurrently, not consecutively.

(I thought that's what I heard on TV news.)

I wonder if investigation of athletes will follow, not just staff.

lindysalsagal

(20,581 posts)
13. Personally hope he'll be in general population....
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 11:30 AM
Feb 2018

Isolation is too good for him.

And he'll probably find gawd...and the fundies will deify him.....because they have no regard for fellow human beings.

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