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In the story below, an elderly man was given a 90 year jail sentence for soliciting a 13 year old online who turned out to be an undercover cop. While this is not a good thing to do, does it really deserve NINETY YEARS?! People get much less for actual murders and rapes. What I find disturbing is that there actually never was a girl, so technically he never committed a crime. He spoke to a grown man pretending to be a 13 year old girl, and never made any contact with a real girl. For 90 years, he might as well have actually met her, raped her, killed her, chopped her up and put her body in a dumpster. His advanced age does not take away from the fact that the sentence is too long. You also need to consider that a lot of people run their mouths/type things online they would never actually follow through with. My question is, isn't this sentence severe for something that never really happened?
Man, 82, gets 90-year prison term in sex case in Louisa
By Reed Williams | TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
A Louisa County judge today sentenced an 82-year-old former pastor to 90 years in prison for three counts of soliciting sex with a minor.
A jury in August found Irvin "Pete" Baldwin of Mechanicsville guilty of the three charges and recommended the 90-year prison term -- 30 years for each count.
That is the maximum allowed under the law for each solicitation charge.
Authorities say the three crimes occurred in 2009 -- on Nov. 23, Nov. 30 and Dec. 4.
Authorities say Baldwin communicated over the Internet with someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl but who actually was a Louisa investigator.
Baldwin was arrested last December after traveling to Louisa to meet the girl.
Louisa Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney Rusty McGuire has said he argued for a substantial sentence in part because of Baldwin's history as a pastor and a Sunday school teacher.
Man, 82, gets 90-year prison term in sex case in Louisa
By Reed Williams | TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
A Louisa County judge today sentenced an 82-year-old former pastor to 90 years in prison for three counts of soliciting sex with a minor.
A jury in August found Irvin "Pete" Baldwin of Mechanicsville guilty of the three charges and recommended the 90-year prison term -- 30 years for each count.
That is the maximum allowed under the law for each solicitation charge.
Authorities say the three crimes occurred in 2009 -- on Nov. 23, Nov. 30 and Dec. 4.
Authorities say Baldwin communicated over the Internet with someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl but who actually was a Louisa investigator.
Baldwin was arrested last December after traveling to Louisa to meet the girl.
Louisa Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney Rusty McGuire has said he argued for a substantial sentence in part because of Baldwin's history as a pastor and a Sunday school teacher.