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irisblue

(34,253 posts)
Wed Jul 5, 2023, 12:49 PM Jul 2023

Man who raped & impregnated the 10yr old girl pleads guilty

Source-https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/courts/2023/07/05/gerson-fuentes-due-in-court-on-charges-he-raped-10-yr-old-columbus-girl-who-got-abortion-in-indiana/70358517007/

snip--"A little more than a year after a 10-year-old Columbus girl made national news because she had to travel from Ohio to Indiana for an abortion, the man who was charged with raping her admitted to his crime.

Gerson Fuentes, 28, a Guatemalan national who has a Columbus address, appeared for a hearing Wednesday afternoon in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. At the beginning of the hearing, Assistant Franklin County Prosecutor Dan Meyer said Fuentes would be agreeing to a guilty plea in the case, forgoing a trial.

The plea will be in exchange for a jointly recommended prison sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole after a minimum of 25 to 30 years,
Meyer said, however, Judge Julie Lynch is not required to abide by the recommendation.

Prosecutors said DNA evidence indicates Fuentes, whom authorities have identified as the boyfriend of the girl's mother, impregnated her."

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Man who raped & impregnated the 10yr old girl pleads guilty (Original Post) irisblue Jul 2023 OP
Hopefully he stays in for a loooong time. The Unmitigated Gall Jul 2023 #1
2pm update from the story irisblue Jul 2023 #2
Some republican thoughts on rape... a "misdeed of the parent" keithbvadu2 Jul 2023 #3
He will have a hard row to hoe in prison. Chainfire Jul 2023 #4

irisblue

(34,253 posts)
2. 2pm update from the story
Wed Jul 5, 2023, 01:06 PM
Jul 2023

(Judge Julie)Lynch sentenced Fuentes to life in prison with the possibility of receiving parole in 25 years, after which Fuentes could be deported. Fuentes will also be required to register as a sexual offender for the remainder of his life."

keithbvadu2

(40,092 posts)
3. Some republican thoughts on rape... a "misdeed of the parent"
Wed Jul 5, 2023, 01:28 PM
Jul 2023

Some republican thoughts on rape... a "misdeed of the parent"

Some republican thoughts on rape...
The rapist is called a 'parent'

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212089664

A GOP state lawmaker who recently gave an impassioned speech about being raped as a 16 year old says she feels attacked after a Republican colleague passed out literature describing rape as a “misdeed of the parent” that doesn’t justify having an abortion.

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