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Thu Jan 11, 2018, 11:24 PM Jan 2018

Michigan AG seeks sentence of 40 to 125 years for Nassar

Lansing – The Michigan attorney general’s office has asked a judge to sentence a disgraced Michigan sports doctor to 40 to 125 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting seven girls.

The office filed its sentencing memorandum Wednesday for 54-year-old Larry Nassar ahead of a sentencing hearing beginning next week in Ingham County. He faces a minimum sentence of 25 years.

The Lansing State Journal reports that Assistant Attorney General Angela Povilaitis wrote in the filing that Nassar “preyed upon unknowing victims at every turn and at every opportunity,” including at USA Gymnastics training facilities.

A message seeking comment was left for one of Nassar’s attorneys.

Read more: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/01/11/michigan-attorney-general-sentence-larry-nassar/109368116/

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