I am flabbergasted in grand relief that this judge in East St. Louis, Illinois slapped down two life sentences for child pornography and sexual abuse. This judge should be an example to all judges who currently give minimal sentences or slaps on the wrist to sexual predators in similar crimes. Could this be an unprecedented sentence for this offense? Regardless, I think more are in order.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- A southern Illinois woman and an Indiana man have been ordered to spend life in federal prison on child-pornography charges.
Louise Masulla, 32, of New Athens, Mo., and William Milligan, 28, of Bloomington, Ind., were sentenced in East St. Louis.
Masulla had pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges, aggravated sexual abuse and transportation of child pornography. Milligan also admitted engaging in a conspiracy and receiving child pornography.
The complaint said Masulla, Milligan and another defendant at one point were involved in a sexual encounter in an Indiana hotel room with victims aged 11 and 3, and that photographs of the molestation were taken.
Masulla allegedly e-mailed the pictures to Milligan, who circulated them to at least five other men on the Internet.
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/20199777/detail.html
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IllinoisVictims.Org commends this judge - a life sentence is the right thing in this clearly "worst of the worst" violation.
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