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Serial knife slasher gets 433 years in prison PLUS 11 life sentences

By Douglas A. Berman

If anyone ever wonders what kind of sentence the villians in slasher movies might face, this CNN report on a real case from California provides some clue.  Here are the details: A transient, who was nicknamed "the box cutter," was sentenced to more than 400 years in prison for a knifing rampage against several California women.  Charles Juan Proctor was convicted this month of 22 charges including robbery and attempted murder in connection with the slashing spree, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office said. On Monday, Long Beach Superior Court Court Judge Gary Ferrari sentenced the 45-year-old man to 433 years plus 11 life sentences.  Proctor was also ordered to pay about $58,000 in restitution to two women he knifed in the throat, prosecutors said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 31, 2010 (boomark / email).