An Ohio man convicted of raping a 5-year-old girl blamed the victim for his crime during his sentencing.
Clifford Taylor, a 51-year-old former research scientist, was given the maximum sentence of 22 years on Nov. 12, the News-Herald reported.
In October, Taylor admitted in court to molesting his girlfriend's daughter while baby-sitting her sometime between May and July of last year, according to Cleveland.com. The child later told her mother, who went to authorities. Taylor was convicted on two counts of rape.
During his sentencing, Taylor blamed his defense lawyer for suggesting the plea deal he had earlier agreed to take.
“I was threatened with mental incompetence," Taylor said of his lawyer. "He threatened me, saying there was some reason I wasn’t thinking properly.” More
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