A former Michigan sports doctor who parlayed his reputation and personal charm into years of sexual abuse of Olympic gymnasts and other young women was sentenced Wednesday following the riveting statements of more than 150 victims.
Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sentenced Larry Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison on Wednesday -- the seventh day of a remarkable hearing that has given the girls, young women and their parents a chance to confront Nassar in court.
"I just signed your death warrant," Aquilina said, after saying earlier that Nassar will "be in darkness the rest of his life."
"I find that you don't get it -- that you're a danger. You remain a danger," she said.
Aquilina said it was her "honor and privilege" to sentence Nassar.
"Inaction is an action. Silence is indifference. Justice requires action and a voice -- and that is what has happened here in this court," Aquilina said, before announcing the sentence.
More than 20 minutes of babbling about herself, her family, her children, her dogs, and a bit about our wonderful justice system, with a little vindictive berating of the defendant sprinkled in from time to time.
"I just signed your death warrant," Aquilina said, after saying earlier that Nassar will "be in darkness the rest of his life."
"I find that you don't get it -- that you're a danger. You remain a danger," she said.
Aquilina said it was her "honor and privilege" to sentence Nassar.
"Inaction is an action. Silence is indifference. Justice requires action and a voice -- and that is what has happened here in this court," Aquilina said, before announcing the sentence.
More than 20 minutes of babbling about herself, her family, her children, her dogs, and a bit about our wonderful justice system, with a little vindictive berating of the defendant sprinkled in from time to time.
She's bragging and droning on and on, live on MSNBC.
She's really dragging out her fifteen minutes of fame, talking far more about herself than anyone or anything else.
She sentenced him to 175 years, she said.
And she's still babbling about herself.
Judge Rosemarie Aquilina.
Judging by her and Ray Moore, they're all clowns.
How did he get away with doing this for so very, very long?
What exactly did he do that the victims, though young, could have believed, and their parents could have believed, that it was all somehow medical stuff or part of their training?
It seems some of them complained to adults of abuse and it was the adults who believed the nonsense about it all being medical or training, or rejected the kids' tales as lies.
But others actually believed that stuff, themselves.
Andrea Mitchell just said the abuse occurred when the victims were pre-pubescent girls.
Reports elsewhere on the web indicate he inserted his fingers in vaginas and anuses, falsely claiming it was part of medical examination, in some cases when the girls' parents were actually in the room.
Who, of whatever age, that is not a medical professional, is in a position to judge what is or is not a legitimate medical exam thing?
How did he get away with doing this for so very, very long?
What exactly did he do that the victims, though young, could have believed, and their parents could have believed, that it was all somehow medical stuff or part of their training?
It seems some of them complained to adults of abuse and it was the adults who believed the nonsense about it all being medical or training, or rejected the kids' tales as lies.
But others actually believed that stuff, themselves.
Andrea Mitchell just said the abuse occurred when the victims were pre-pubescent girls.
Reports elsewhere on the web indicate he inserted his fingers in vaginas and anuses, falsely claiming it was part of medical examination, in some cases when the girls' parents were actually in the room.
Who, of whatever age, that is not a medical professional, is in a position to judge what is or is not a legitimate medical exam thing?
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