Oklahoma cop gets life for sex crimes against the poorPosted in Articles, Asian Diaspora, Law, Media Archive, United States on 2016-01-22 03:00Z by Steven |
Oklahoma cop gets life for sex crimes against the poor
USA Today
2016-01-21
Melanie Eversley, Breaking News Reporter
Former officer Daniel Holtzclaw was sentenced to 263 years in prison after he was convicted in December of 18 counts, including first-degree rape.
A former Oklahoma City police officer was sentenced Thursday to spend the rest of his life in prison after his conviction for raping and sexually abusing women in a low-income neighborhood while on the beat.
District Judge Timothy Henderson agreed with an earlier court recommendation and sentenced Daniel Holtzclaw to 263 years in prison for the attacks on black women in a low-income neighborhood between 2013 and 2014. Holtclaw, 29, had been charged with 36 counts.
After a six-week trial, a jury on Dec. 10 found Holtzclaw guilty of 18 counts. The youngest victim was 17 at the time of her attack and testified that the incident took place on her mother’s front porch, according to The Oklahoman.
The judge denied a request for a new trial made by Scott Adams, Holtzclaw’s defense attorney, who maintained that Holtzclaw was denied a fair trial because the prosecution made deliberate violations and misrepresentations in discovery.
The case drew national attention because of the race of the victims. Holtzclaw is half-white and half-Asian…
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