Rapist sentenced to life in prison plus 25 years

What a fine mentor.

from all the holes in their walls(punch holes) he shouldn't have been allowed near kids!

She stayed with him for two years of abuse??????????

Wizzardx1, unfortunately a lot of times, young women in these types of relationships really make themselves believe it's ok to be treated like that. The man makes them believe they are worthless and that they will never find a better man. Although I've never been in a physically abusive relationship, my first boyfriend was manipulative and mentally and emotionally abusive to me, and I definitely saw in him a possible future of becoming physically abusive. I was with him for almost 3 years, but I'd been wanting to leave him for at least half the relationship. He wasn't abusive the entire time -- he acted loving to me, too, and every time I tried to break up, he'd talk me into trying to make things better. I finally wised up and broke it off once and for all. I chalk it up to being young and naive. Now I would NEVER put up with abuse for long. Thankfully in this case, the woman this guy was with did realize it wasn't a healthy relationship and went so far as to get a court order against him. I'm glad to finally see a rapist sentenced off the streets for good. I guess women need to realize they should keep ANY phone evidence of abuse. Now let's hope he never gets parole.

You are absolutely correct, not a sheep!!! I was in an abusive relationship in my twenties. I would also like to add that I was raised in an abusive relationship. My mother was married to an abusive man and refused to leave him "because of the children." That is the WRONG reason to try and keep a marriage together people!!!!! As you can see from MY history, I married into an abusive relationship, which MANY young girls will do after being raised in one. Some wise up, like me, and get out. Many others never do and either spend a lifetime of abuse with their children watching, with sons learning to abuse their women, daughters learning to take the abuse form their man, or even worse---dying to the abuse given!!! Women don't EVER think you have to put up with it! It is NOT your fault that he hits you or that she hits you if you are the man being hit, because, YES it does happen, although not as much! GET OUT, before it's too late---RUN and take your children with you--don't ever look back and never believe that line of "honey I promise I will change" because they never do!!!!!!!

Notasheep and the rest of you making comments about this young man should probably keep your negative comments to yourself ("Now let's hope he never gets parole"). What if this was your brother or Son. In no way or shape I am excusing what this young man did and he should and will pay for the crimes he committed, and I feel bad for the young lady, and pray through, prayer, support & counseling she will recover and find piece. I know this young man's mother and siblings and I pray that they will find piece knowing they will have to live their life without a son, brother, uncle, and nephew. sheep, you and some of the people here will go on to make negative and nasty comments, (as expected) but remember you all are just one cell phone call away from becoming criminals yourself (be talking on your cell cell and hit and killed someone and just like that you become a criminal), and some of you who will comment have probably already got away with somethings in which you should have been sentenced to life yourself, so before you cast the first stone, stop and think about the people affected on both sides, because this young man does have a mother and siblings who Love God & people too.

yea , you are right about that , he has a mother and all but he did his on the account of pure meaniest not an accident. as would more than likely would be the case with everyone else. i was abused and got out . i think they should put them all on an island together and let them beat the crap out of each other. they will answer for it at the end.

Aren't rape and kidnapping still capital crimes? I think he probably deserves the death penalty because I've never heard of a person who was willing to do such violence to someone ever really being less than dangerous when loose among the rest of us. Somebody needs to put a big fat alert on this guy, if he ever gets out of prison. Another man with the same issues got out, went to work as a janitor at DFCS and brutalised and killed one of the caseworkers working late. My significant other had actually spoken to the worm upon leaving the building not long before the attack happened. Rapists deserve death, or at the very least life w/o parole, if the evidence of guilt is unequivocal.

Jdog33: you are right. That young man is someones son, brother uncle or what have you. What you've forgotten, or failed to recognize, is that his victim is someone's daughter, sister, neice, or aunt. You get the picture. This young man's family will be without him for the rest of his life, but that's because of choices he made. No one forced him to kidnap, beat and rape this young woman. He and he alone is responsible for his decision and now he has to pay! Finally what if this were your daughter or sister? Would you be so willing to forgive and stick up for him?

I will not keep my negative comments to myself. Maybe he should have kept his negative behavior to himself. I'm sure he was a "good boy" and his abusive behavior was all her fault. She probably set him up because he was thinking about leaving her. She wanted to make the phone calls about dropping the other charges and the mean old cops wouldn't listen when she said she didn't want to press charges. How many more stereotypes are out there? His mother should be proud to have raised a monster. I bet she was abused also.

Thank you, Judge Brown!

Guess now he'll find out how it feels to be raped.

notasheep??? Now you would not put up with abuse 'for long'???? "Now I would NEVER put up with abuse for long".

Good post cricketflea.

"and some of you who will comment have probably already got away with somethings in which you should have been sentenced to life yourself" It is incredible to me how people like that actually think that most people commit violent depraved acts. No, I've never done anything in my life to be sentenced to ANYTHING, because I'm not a criminal. And the majority of people are like me, not you, Jdog. With that attitude, you'll be living with him soon enough.

The screen name "Jdog" probably tells us all we need to know about this guy's worldview: deprived and depraved.

Jdog, first of all, I was answering the question about why a woman would stay with someone who treats her like that. So no, I won't stay off of here with my comments. And as for talking about his family, I second Brownskin's comment. He was old enough to know what he was doing is wrong. If this girl had died from the abuse (which happens all the time), would you still be defending him because he has a family? All criminals have family, and all victims have family. But that shouldn't take away from the crime that was committed and the punishment that is needed. Letting people off easy for crimes like this makes future "men" think it's ok. And Dental Assistants Rock... what? Ok, take "for long" off that sentence and you'll have what I meant.

In my opinion, he got what the crime deserved...a lengthy prison sentence. It is also my opinion that, RAPE should be considered a federal crime and rapist should be made to complete their entire sentence before being released. And yes he has a mother Jdog, but doesn't the victim have one as well? How does her mother feel about the rapist? If he was my brother, and committed this crime, I'd tell him, "don't drop the soap, and sleep on your back! My grandmother raised 7 MEN and they never committed any of these crimes that the young punks are doing these days... I hope his mother has better success with the other children now that the "mentor" is going away for some time...just my opinion

not a sheep. Gotcha..it's all good..:)

JDog, were this one of my brothers, I would dis-own him, not excuse him I had three and one was abusisive to his wife and I had virtually nothing to do with him. For some reason they stayed married in an estranged way until she died with alzheimers recently. This guy should have thought about his family when committing the crime, now he will do the time. Families do have visiting priveleges even in jail. Good job Judge! in setting an example for other abusers of women.

Oh yeah, forgot to answer your question, Jdog. If it were my brother (I have two) I would want him to pay for his crimes. It's your kind of mentality that lets crime run rampant in the streets. Like Jack said, his family will be able to visit him in jail.

JDog would you feel the same way if it was your sister, daughter or mother that he did this too. It's not negativity these people are spreading it's truth and if it will help someone else get out of an abusive relationship then more power to them. Maybe other men or women (yes women are abusive too) will think twice about being abusive. Take your BS somewhere else!!!!

why now does he want to join the air force and go to college...the last i checked the air force takes people as young as 18, and the same with college...he's 20 years old..so what stopped him from going into the air force or go to college??? before meeting up with this woman..how would he have felt if someone was beating and threatening his mom???? it's time we stop making excuses or enabling those who abuse women..he has plenty of chances to walk away and join the air force or go to college but he chose not to..remember JDOG, yes he was a brother, sister, uncle, cousin and son but he HIT AND RAPED SOMEONES DAUGHTER, SISTER, (POTENTIAL MOTHER), AUNT, NIECE, AND COUSIN.......lets hope yours (if you have any female family members) never have to go thru the same

Reference Lifelong resident statement, he was arrested while still in high school. Air Force was a plan for after graduation, he ruined his life before he ever graduated.

Because he know's this family, of course he would ask us to leave negativity out of our comments. Due to the circumstances of the article, this is nearly impossible!
Thanks to those understanding that it isn't so easy as to just *walk away* from such relationships. Many times the woman fears for her life or the life of loved ones if they dare try to leave. It's a known fact and has been told in case after case. IMO, this guy got off wayyyy to easy. No, wait.. He will be beaten and used as someone's toy for the rest of his life. Isn't Karma a *****..

jdog33: Obviously you have never been around abused individuals and have never seen the aftermath of those relationships. Those who have been there know what its like...some never recover from the injuries (either physical, emotional, or mental) and live the rest of their lives in total fear. Forgive the monster? Maybe some will be able to do so; forget it? Probably not. It appears to me that you have no consideration for the victim in this case--but the perpetrator got what he richly deserved. What I find interesting in cases like this is that the perpetrator is usually (not always) kind to his mother, so she never suspects he is capable of committing such horrendous acts on another human being. This reminds me of an old agage "a dog never soils his own nest"--unless the confined circumstances force him to do otherwise. In other words, he would have harmed his mother if she found out what he had done and said she was going to notify the authorities. A mentor? Many of these individuals do become mentors, but eventually will teach the wrong lessons.

As for parole, it appears the sentences are to run consequetively (running back to back), and not concurrently (served at the same time). In most States, if the sentences are consequetive, and the individual reaches parole status on the first sentence, he/she can only parole to the second sentence and serve the required amount of time before becoming eligible for parole on the second sentence. Example: eligible for parole on the first sentence after 25 years; paroles to the second sentence and not eligible for parole for another 15 years. Total time served on life plus 25 = 40 years. However, in my opinion, in this particular case, this would not be enough time served; he needs to serve it all because of the brutality involved in this case.

I'm not defending this [filtered word], but I personally think that life + 25 is a bit harsh.....After all, MURDERERS rarely get a sentence like that. (which they should) This was not a random act either. Yes, a PREDATOR should receive that sentence, but maybe, just maybe the female in this story provoked him into his rage.....Just maybe.
Again, I'm NOT defending his actions.

"The jury heard what Mr. Staten sounded like in one of his rages when a tape recording of threatening phone calls to the victim was played." Does that sound like the woman provoked him? Who do you know that makes threatening phone calls? Have you ever done that? I'm just wondering what provocation would make it ok to beat, choke, and rape somebody. He should be glad that this happened before he went into the Air Force; military brigs are not pleasant.

Fiat Lux -I assure you life plus 25 years means he will probably not get out of prison.