He entered a plea agreement two years ago between the prosecution and defense that allowed a conviction without him having to admit guilt or explain his role in the crime, the Herald-Dispatch reports.
He was sentenced by Cabell County Judge Paul Farrell after the initial judge, Alfred E. Ferguson, rejected an earlier plea deal without prison.
'I'm just going to be blunt: I hope you screw up during those 50 years so I can send you to prison,' the judge told Adkins during sentencing.
'If you violate any of the terms and conditions in the next 50 years, then the court can send you to prison - and I'm hoping that's the case, because you should go to prison for what you did.'
The only explanation I can think of for the existence of this deal and the judge's acceptance thereof, is that the prosecution must have some really serious problems with its case against this guy. I can only speculate as to what those problems are, especially if a DNA test proves that the aborted child was his.
Who administered an abortion to an 11 year old, and what were they charged with?
The 11-year-old girl was his biological daughter. The story may have omitted the incest angle in order to protect the child’s identity, as is often done in these nasty cases.
I don’t understand why he wasn’t punished more extensively.
Did the rape victim remain brainwashed enough to request a lenient sentence for him? Even if she did, this girl is still a minor, so her request should not carry much weight.
Maybe he had already been locked up for related offenses.
The article does not say if he was imprisoned before his trial or for how long.
Yep.
Cabell County led West Virginia in overdose deaths through the first half of 2017 with 58 reported through mid-June, according to a briefing by officers involved in the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas.
The report shows Kanawha County with the second-highest number, with 34 fatalities recorded over that same time span. The state as a whole saw 279 overdose deaths from Jan. 1 through June 15. The state also had more than 500 emergency hospital visits sparked by heroin alone.
This guy would be deserving of such a visitation.
One way to look at it... Jail time is three hots and a cot paid for by the taxpayers. Now he’s out paying his own way...and far more accessible to the good people of the county. Don’t think of it as a bad plea deal and lenient sentence. Think of it as an opportunity for real justice. It is now up to the local citizens too make of it what they will.
Is her name Jaime T. Phillips?
This guy should have been painfully executed PERIOD!
No excuse!
This is nerending injustice to the young girl who had to go through all of this!