Sentencing hearing begins for Anchorage serial rapist

The state is calling Clifford Lee one of the worst serial rapists in recent memory. Sentencing began Friday for Lee, an Anchorage resident who admitted to raping eight women over 13 years.
Lee was arrested in 2014, the year police say he raped six women. He accepted a plea deal from the state, agreeing to plead guilty to two consolidated counts of first -degree sexual assault in exchange for a lighter sentence. On Friday, assistant district attorney Jenna Gruenstein asked the judge to put L