Posted on 04/19/2019 12:32:05 PM PDT by Red Badger
The California “house of horrors” parents who abused and tortured 12 of their 13 children were sentenced to life in prison Friday with the possibility of parole after 25 years.
Some of the children of the couple spoke in a packed courtroom ahead of their parents' sentencing. Judge Bernard Schwartz said the children were not allowed to be filmed or photographed by assembled members of the media at the Hall of Justice in Riverside.
"Sometimes, I still have nightmares of things that have happened, like my siblings getting chained up or beaten," said one of the Turpins' sons in an impact statement he read to the courtroom.
Another one of the Turpins' children, identified as Jane Doe No. 4, also read a statement ahead of the sentencing. Of the living conditions, she said, “Life may have been bad, but it made me strong.”
"My parents took my whole life from me but now I'm taking my whole life back," she said.
She said she is in college now and doing well.
"I am a fighter, I'm strong and I'm shooting through life like a rocket ," Jane Doe No. 4 said.
Some of the other children said they still love their parents. One child asked for a lighter sentence.
"I think 25 years is too long," a statement from the child read. "I believe our parents did their best to raise all 13 of us."
David Turpin and Louise Turpin had pleaded guilty in Riverside County Superior Court in February to torture and other abuse and neglect so severe it stunted their children’s growth, led to muscle wasting and left two girls unable to bear children. The minimum sentence they faced was 25 years to life.
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Put them with general population. They won’t last 6 months. Save tax money on housing them.
The sentence is too light.
Beat me to it. Convicts don’t like child abusers.
The California “house of horrors” parents who abused and tortured 12 of their 13 children were sentenced to life in prison Friday with the possibility of parole after 25 years.
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This sentence is confirmation of my contention that we no longer live in a civilized country because, instead of receiving the death penalty and being publicly hanged for their inhuman criminal atrocities, these animals will now be provided with all the perks afforded to criminals in today’s “correctional institutions”.
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