Man Gets Life for Exposing Self to Boy
Associated Press
2008-09-04 17:00:00.0
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A federal judge in Mobile has sentenced a man to life imprisonment after he exposed himself to a boy in a Mississippi park. The judge cited the defendant's two previous convictions for sex crimes against children.
While indecent exposure sometimes is prosecuted as a misdemeanor crime, U.S. District Judge Ginny Granade ruled Wednesday that the life term was automatic for 46-year-old Michael Ryan South because of his record.
Jurors convicted South in May on a felony charge of attempting to lure a nine-year-old boy for sex. The judge rejected defense arguments that a life sentence without the chance for parole was cruel and unusual punishment.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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