Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)

WENATCHEE CHILD RAPE SENTENCE IS UPHELD.(News)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Date: December 25, 1996 | Copyright information

The state Court of Appeals has upheld the 40-year sentence of a woman who pleaded guilty to eight counts of first-degree child rape in the so-called Wenatchee child sex rings.

In her appeal of the November 1994 sentence, Laura ``Becky'' Holt challenged the sentencing judge's reasons for giving her an exceptional sentence well beyond the standard range of between 17 1/2 years and 23 years, four months in prison.

Her husband pleaded guilty to three counts of child rape and was sentenced in April 1994 to 14 years and two months in prison.

Judge John Schultheis, writing ...

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