California man sentenced over 600 years for sexually abusing underage relative

[News_Editor]

California man sentenced over 600 years for sexually abusing underage relative

2011-01-26 09:49:07 GMT+7 (ICT)

NORWALK, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- A California man was sentenced to more than 600 years for sexually molesting an underage relative of his for two years, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Michael Benjamin Burch, 66, of Whittier, California, was convicted by a jury on December 21, 2010 of three counts each of forcible rape, oral copulation of a person under 14 and lewd act upon a child.

Burch began engaging in sex acts with the girl when she was 11 years old and continued to abuse her during a two-year period. Furthermore, in 1983, he had been previously convicted in Orange County for sexually abusing two other girls, who are also relatives.

The court judge imposed the maximum possible sentence, and Burch received a 675-year to life term in state prison.

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[WebGuy]

Why should we know about this?

It didn't happen in Thailand

[metisdead]

Why should we know about this?

It didn't happen in Thailand

Because this is the World News forum.

[jillwilliams999]

Good for him. Let him rot in jail.

[ukrules]

LOL - 675-year to life

[MJP]

I never understand these sentences.

I mean are they going to keep this paedos head alive in a glass jar until the year 2686 or something?

Why not simply say life without the possibility of parole, life to mean life?

Edited January 26, 2011 by MJP