33-Year-Old Ohio Man Sentenced To 376 Years In Prison For Multiple Rapes And Robberies
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Nancy Margaret Russo sentenced Stanley Jackson, 33, to life in prison with no chance at parole until he serves 376 1/2 years behind bars.
“You seem to be somebody who has abandoned all sense of conscience and morality,” Russo said. “There are no words for me to put together to describe the horror that occurred.”
Jackson’s attorney, John Gibbons, said the set of facts against his client were “ugly” and that Jackson knew he would walk out of Friday’s hearing with an enormous sentence.
“Basically, Mr. Jackson is going to come out of the state penal system in a pine box,” Gibbons said.
The sentencing came after three of the women Jackson victimized last May and June told Russo in person or in letters read aloud in court that they refused to let Jackson’s crimes define their lives.
One victim’s voice strained through tears as she said that, even though she still sees Jackson’s face when she closes her eyes, she prays for him.
“This made me stronger, no matter how weak I feel inside,” she said.
Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Kerry Sowul read from a letter from another of the women.
“Through my darkest days, there is finally light at the end of my tunnel,” the woman wrote. “As for you, I hope you never get to see any light [any] time soon.”
Jackson did not speak. He plans to appeal his conviction.
A jury convicted Jackson of multiple counts of rape, aggravated robbery, kidnapping and other charges on May 16 after a three-week trial.
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