Kansas Man Enters Alford Plea in Child Sex Case
Associated Press - Wed 08:09 AM 03/06/2013
With an Alford plea, Jerry Wayne Mills maintains his innocence but acknowledges the state had enough evidence to convict him.
An Arkansas City man has entered an Alford plea in case involving the sexual abuse of four girls between the ages of 12 and 16 years old.
Fifty-year-old Jerry Wayne Mills entered the plea Tuesday on four counts, including one rape charge. He had originally faced 11 charges involving a total of seven victims.
With an Alford plea, Mills maintains his innocence but acknowledges the state had enough evidence to convict him. Mills' attorney says he decided to accept the plea bargain to avoid facing several life sentences.
Mills will be sentenced April 11.
Mills remains in the Cowley County Jail on $100,000 bond.
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Associated Press information from: The Arkansas City Traveler
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t--bone
Thursday 7 March 2013 00:00 Report this comment
Yea let this sex offender off with a small sentence so he can go back and do it to somebody else in a few years.
Aurora.
Thursday 7 March 2013 23:58 Report this comment
Where do they keep coming up with these different pleas to let criminals off from serving the time for the crime?