Oklahoma ex-cop guilty of rape in sex abuse case (updated) [View all]
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Source: AP
By SEAN MURPHY
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Oklahoma City police officer was convicted Thursday of 18 of the 36 counts he faced, including four counts of first-degree rape, related to accusations that he victimized 13 women on his police beat in a minority, low-income neighborhood.
Daniel Holtzclaw, 29, sobbed as the verdict was read aloud. He could spend the rest of his life in prison based on the jury's recommendations, which include a 30-year sentence on each of the first-degree rape counts. Among the other charges he was convicted of were forcible oral sodomy, sexual battery and second-degree rape.
The jury, which deliberated for about 45 hours over four days, recommended he serve a total of 263 years in prison. The judge will decide later whether he will have to serve the sentences consecutively.
Holtzclaw's mother, father and sister were in the courtroom as the verdict was read. At least one accuser was present, as well as several black community leaders. Seven armed deputies were stationed around the room.
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Protestors carry signs outside the courthouse as the jury deliberates in the trial of Daniel Holtzclaw, in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. Holtzclaw is a former police officer accused of sexually victimizing 13 women in the neighborhood he patrolled. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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