Jury Recommends Three Life Terms For Sodomite Baptist Pastor Larry Neathery
FORT WORTH -- Rejecting defense pleas for probation or a short prison term, a Tarrant County jury recommended that Larry Nuell Neathery serve maximum prison terms on 25 charges of sexually abusing five boys, virtually ensuring that the 56-year-old former Baptist pastor ends his life behind bars. The nine-man, three-woman jury deliberated more than three hours Tuesday before recommending that Neathery serve three life sentences and ten 99-year sentences on 13 aggravated-sexual-assault charges, which are first-degree felonies. Jurors also recommended that he serve nine 20-year sentences and three 10-year sentences for second- and third-degree felony sex crimes. Co-prosecutor Mitch Poe said Neathery was "worse than a wolf in sheep's clothing" -- he was "a shepherd" who betrayed children and parents into thinking him trustworthy.
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Posted by Editor at March 31, 2006 01:23 PM