A Southern California couple was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Frid...
LOS ANGELES - A Southern California couple was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Friday after the pair pleaded guilty to charges stemming from grim, headline-making accusations they beat, starved and shackled their 13 children in the family’s home, prosecutors said.
The couple cried during the sentencing hearing, where they listened to statements from their children and delivered statements of their own, according to video footage from ABC News. The sentencing marks the culmination of a criminal case that has convulsed the community of Perris, California, some 70 miles east of Los Angeles, since an emaciated 17-year-old girl climbed out of a window of the family’s home and called 911.
Prosecutors said the victims had been denied proper nutrition, basic hygiene and medical care and were harshly punished for perceived infractions such as wasting water by washing their hands above the wrist.
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