Man(Illegal alien) Receives 3 Life Sentences for Raping 10-year-old Girl

orlandosentinel.com ^ | December 8, 2007 | Rene Stutzman

[kellynla]

A judge on Friday gave three consecutive life sentences to a man convicted of dragging a 10-year-old girl into the woods, choking her, and then raping her.

A day earlier, a jury had found Antonio Rosales, 41, a homeless man who was living in those woods, guilty of child rape, kidnapping and attempted first-degree murder.

Because of the girl's age, the rape charge carries a mandatory life sentence, but Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson stacked on two additional ones. She did not explain her thinking during the three-minute hearing, which had originally been set for next week.

There was little discussion at the hearing. The victim, now 15, was there with her family. She did not say anything to the judge.

Neither did Rosales, who sat quietly behind the defense table, the same one he knocked over during an angry outburst two days earlier.

The victim testified Tuesday that her attacker dragged her into the woods in Casselberry about dusk Nov. 1, 2003, as she was on her way to the grocery store on her brother's push-scooter. The man choked her until she lost consciousness, she said.

Rosales confessed to authorities a week later, saying he had pulled down the girl's pants and touched her. He also confessed to an unrelated crime -- killing an elderly woman in Arizona.

[kellynla]

ping

[Tax-chick]

Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson stacked on two additional ones. She did not explain her thinking during the three-minute hearing, which had originally been set for next week.

No doubt Judge Nelson is hoping that THREE life sentences will actually keep the creep in prison until he dies. Good on her!

[SandRat]

Maybe if she ordered that they be served consecutively.

[DoughtyOne]

Doesn’t this judge know that family values don’t stop at the border? This is such an unreasonable sentence... /s

[Ronin]

Amen and Amen!!!

[SouthTexas]

Justice?

[rodguy911]

Choking, raping, killing, just doing the jobs Americans don’t want to do.....moving on.....

[rabscuttle385]

Three life sentences? Perhaps the death penalty might be more appropriate.

[Tax-chick]

Maybe if she ordered that they be served consecutively.

I think that even concurrent life sentences slow down the parole opportunity, and the guy's in his 40's. And child rapists aren't popular in prison.

[nyyankeefan]

Man(Illegal alien) Receives 3 Life Sentences for Raping 10-year-old Girl...

ain’t good enough....had aobut castration with a rusty blade followed by a stint with the boys of attica....

then the death penalty!!!!

[festus]

Should have been 3 death sentences.

[dragnet2]

Illegal aliens drags 10-year-old girl into the woods, choking her, and then raping her? Kills and elderly woman in Arizona?

Nice legacy this President has.

[ECM]

Swift justice as always (5 years!!)

[M203M4]

Throw him in general, and bestow upon him no special protections. Cheaper than the death penalty, and more appropriate.

[freekitty]

Thank you judge.

[Kate of Spice Island]

Hoping the MF rots in hell!

[BerryDingle]

“Justice?”

Florida state prison inmates will take “care” of this guy, not only for the little girl, but he’s an extreme Adam Clymer too.

[Clintonfatigued]

Illegal aliens- committing crimes that Americans won’t commit.

[org.whodat]

Didn’t the local gator farm need some meat??