San Joaquin County District Attorney Defends Sentence In Child Rape Case

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) – A 79-year-old man who pleaded no contest to felony statutory rape of a child was sentenced to 90 days detention and will not have to register as a sex offender.
The sentence upset the parents after they gave emotional testimony at the hearing.
“I want other kids to be protected by possible future abuse by this man,” the child’s mother said.
Defendant Lyle Burgess was sentenced Wednesday in San Joaquin County Superior Court to detention at an altern